The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) has confirmed that its DAVID driver database suffered a data breach after the ShinyHunters extortion gang claimed to have compromised the system. FLHSMV determined that the attacker used compromised credentials belonging to a single Plant City Police Department user that had been improperly stored on the employee's personal electronic device. The attackers, however, claimed they exploited a password reset flaw to gain access to multiple DAVID accounts, including accounts belonging to DMV employees and an FBI agent.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/18/data-breach-roundup-sep-11-17-2026/