Texas 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 take the driver’s license information and passport numbers of more than 3 million people, according to the state’s attorney general. The incident is one of the largest data breaches to Read More …

Samsung TVs stop spying on viewers in Texas, here’s how to disable ACR anywhere

Samsung has settled a lawsuit with the Texas Attorney General over how its smart TVs collect and monetize viewing data using Automated Content Recognition (ACR). As part of the settlement, Samsung agreed to stop collecting ACR data from Texans without Read More …

Texas: Drivers’ data compromised in TxDOT data breach of nearly 300,000 crash reports

The Texas Department of Transportation said it is reaching out to Texans whose personal data was compromised during a data breach that led to the improper download of nearly 300,000 crash reports. Personal data included in crash reports includes: full Read More …

Gov. Abbott looks to combat cyber attacks with Texas Cyber Command

Gov. Greg Abbott announced plans to create a Texas Cyber Command to be headquartered in San Antonio during his annual State of the State address Sunday evening. The Texas Cyber Command would create a strategy for the state to address Read More …

U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions

Federal authorities have arrested and indicted a 20-year-old U.S. Army soldier on suspicion of being Kiberphant0m, a cybercriminal who has been selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen earlier this year from AT&T and Verizon. As first reported by Read More …

Texas medical school says hackers stole sensitive health data of 1.4 million individuals

The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) confirmed hackers accessed the personal and sensitive health data of over 1.4 million individuals during a September cyberattack. The cyberattack, which also affected TTUHSC’s El Paso campus, saw attackers steal information including Read More …

Overflowing Water Tank Linked to Russian Cyber Attack

A water tank in Texas overflowed after a cyber attack in January, and a new report is linking the incident to hackers backed by the Russian government. On Jan. 18, city officials in Muleshoe were alerted to an overflowing water Read More …

US 911 emergency call line outage resolved in some areas

Emergency services on the 911 telephone call line were restored late on Wednesday in parts of the United States, officials said, following a widespread outage across all of South Dakota and in parts of Nebraska, Nevada and Texas. Officials in Read More …

Dallas says cyberattack targeted more people than previously disclosed

Hackers who targeted the city of Dallas had access to the addresses, Social Security numbers and other personal information of nearly 300 more people than what had been previously disclosed to the public, city officials now say. The city’s spokesperson Read More …

Texas-based care provider HMG Healthcare says hackers stole unencrypted patient data

Texas-based care provider HMG Healthcare has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal data of residents and employees, but says it has been unable to determine what types of data were stolen. HMG Healthcare is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, and Read More …