ShinyHunters says it broke into Florida’s DAVID driver database and stole more than 200,000 motorist records used by law enforcement and state officials. The group claims it exploited a password-reset flaw in the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles system to compromise multiple accounts, including accounts belonging to DMV staff and an FBI agent, then enumerated records by ID and downloaded HTML pages and images. Sample data shown reportedly included Social Security numbers, addresses, birth dates, driver’s license details, and vehicle information.
Why it matters: If true, this would expose highly sensitive identity and vehicle data for Florida drivers and could fuel identity theft, fraud, and targeted scams. Florida agencies and any linked users should urgently review account security, patch the reported reset weakness, and watch for follow-on phishing or misuse of DMV records.
Lawrence Abrams
2026.09.08
100% relevant
This article appears to be the first concrete report of the alleged Florida DAVID breach, including the claimed victim system, threat actor, reported attack path, and estimated record count.
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