Menu

  • Alerts
  • Incidents
  • News
  • APTs
  • Cyber Decoded
  • Cyber Hygiene
  • Cyber Review
  • Cyber Tips
  • Definitions
  • Malware
  • Threat Actors
  • Tutorials

Useful Tools

  • Password generator
  • Report an incident
  • Report to authorities
No Result
View All Result
CTF Hack Havoc
CyberMaterial
  • Education
    • Cyber Decoded
    • Definitions
  • Information
    • Alerts
    • Incidents
    • News
  • Insights
    • Cyber Hygiene
    • Cyber Review
    • Tips
    • Tutorials
  • Support
    • Contact Us
    • Report an incident
  • About
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
Get Help
Hall of Hacks
  • Education
    • Cyber Decoded
    • Definitions
  • Information
    • Alerts
    • Incidents
    • News
  • Insights
    • Cyber Hygiene
    • Cyber Review
    • Tips
    • Tutorials
  • Support
    • Contact Us
    • Report an incident
  • About
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
Get Help
No Result
View All Result
Hall of Hacks
CyberMaterial
No Result
View All Result
Home Incidents

Texas DOT Breach Leaks 300K Crash Reports

June 10, 2025
Reading Time: 3 mins read
in Incidents
Illinois HFS Employee Phishing Leaks Data

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has recently released a warning about a data breach affecting thousands of people in the state. Texas officials said hackers had compromised an account at the state agency, which led to the significant exposure of sensitive information. They first discovered unusual activity on May 12th involving the state’s official Crash Records Information System, also known as CRIS. An internal investigation later found that the compromised account was used to access and then download almost 300,000 individual crash reports. Texas is legally required to maintain this CRIS system, which tracks all crash details and the people involved in any road accidents.

Texas officials have confirmed the stolen crash reports unfortunately include a large amount of very sensitive and personal identifying information.

This extensive data includes the full names, home addresses, various driver’s license numbers, and also the license plate numbers of individuals. Furthermore, important car insurance policy numbers and other specific details related to the incident were also included in these stolen reports. Information about any injuries that were sustained by individuals during a particular crash and a detailed written narrative of the incident.

These detailed narratives of each crash incident are also included in all of the nearly 300,000 stolen reports from the system.

The official advisory that was released by the state agency claims they are not legally required to notify the public of this incident. However, they decided to proactively inform the public by sending letters to notify all the impacted individuals of the data breach. These important letters were sent to people whose sensitive information was included in the numerous crash reports that had been illegally downloaded. Texas immediately shut down the compromised account as soon as the security breach was discovered by their internal monitoring security teams. They are also continuing to actively investigate the entire incident, though they have not yet named the hackers who are responsible for it.

The official letters that were sent out to all of the potential victims of this major data breach warn them to be extremely wary. They should be very cautious of any incoming emails, various text messages, or phone calls related to any past crashes they were in. This highly detailed stolen information could be used by other criminals to conduct very convincing and also targeted phishing or social engineering attacks. A dedicated telephone call line was also created by the Texas Department of Transportation for any victims with more specific questions. This support line is intended to help individuals who may be concerned about the potential misuse of their now stolen personal data.

Reference:

  • Texas Department of Transportation Breach Exposes Nearly 300,000 Sensitive Data
Tags: cyber incidentsCyber Incidents 2025Cyber threatsJune 2025
ADVERTISEMENT

Related Posts

Smishing targets routers in Belgium 2025

Dealership Software Breach Hits 766k

October 2, 2025
Smishing targets routers in Belgium 2025

Allianz Life July Breach Hits 1.5M

October 2, 2025
Smishing targets routers in Belgium 2025

Suffolk Website Down After Cyber-Attack

October 2, 2025
WestJet Confirms Data Breach

Ransomware Gang Recruits Reporter

October 1, 2025
WestJet Confirms Data Breach

WestJet Confirms Data Breach

October 1, 2025
WestJet Confirms Data Breach

US Surveillance Hack Exposes Data

October 1, 2025

Latest Alerts

Outlook Bug Causes Repeated Crashes

Smishing targets routers in Belgium 2025

MatrixPDF Toolkit Turns PDFs Into Lures

Tesla Fixes TCU Bug With USB Risk

Apple Pushes iPhone and Mac Updates

EvilAI Malware Posing As AI Tools

Subscribe to our newsletter

    Latest Incidents

    Allianz Life July Breach Hits 1.5M

    Dealership Software Breach Hits 766k

    Suffolk Website Down After Cyber-Attack

    WestJet Confirms Data Breach

    Ransomware Gang Recruits Reporter

    US Surveillance Hack Exposes Data

    CyberMaterial Logo
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Jobs
    • Legal and Privacy Policy
    • Site Map

    © 2025 | CyberMaterial | All rights reserved

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In

    Add New Playlist

    No Result
    View All Result
    • Alerts
    • Incidents
    • News
    • Cyber Decoded
    • Cyber Hygiene
    • Cyber Review
    • Definitions
    • Malware
    • Cyber Tips
    • Tutorials
    • Advanced Persistent Threats
    • Threat Actors
    • Report an incident
    • Password Generator
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise with us

    Copyright © 2025 CyberMaterial