Texas Parks & Wildlife Data Breach Affects 3 Million Individuals

Key Points:

• Data breach affecting approximately 3 million individuals associated with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) due to a third-party vendor's cybersecurity incident.
• The breach involved the theft of personal information, including email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, driver’s license information, and passport numbers; however, sensitive data such as Social Security numbers and financial information were not compromised.
• TPWD is enhancing access controls and implementing additional security measures in collaboration with the affected vendor.

Technical Details: The breach was attributed to a third-party vendor responsible for processing hunting and fishing licenses. Specific details about the attack vector or threat actor remain undisclosed.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: None mentioned

IOCs Mentioned: None mentioned