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Data breach exposes Texas hunting, fishing license holders' information

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Do you hold a Texas hunting or fishing license?  Your personal information may have been exposed by a data breach involving the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) license system. The incident may affect the personal information of more than 3 million Texas hunting and fishing license customers. Texas Cyber Command’s investigation indicates that an unauthorized person or persons may have obtained personal information from customers in the license database, such as: •Driver license information  •Passport numbers  •Email addresses  •Phone numbers  •Residential addresses.  According to the Texas Cyber Command, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and financial information, including credit...

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