A Texas state government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports

A data breach at a Texas state government department allowed hackers to obtain driver’s license information and passport numbers for more than 3 million people. according to State Attorney General.

This incident is one of the largest data breaches to impact the state this year.

In the data breach notification on Texas Parks and Wildlife On the website, the department said the state’s cybersecurity unit recently discovered a security incident — the nature of which was not determined or when — that allowed hackers to access the department’s licensing system vendor, which handles the sale of hunting and fishing licenses.

The department did not mention the name of the vendor, and did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment on the incident, and whether the department had received any communication from the hackers.

The ministry said the hack also included email addresses, phone numbers and residential addresses of affected license holders.