The Texas Department of Transportation recently announced that a compromise "has led to improper downloads of a large number ...

TxDOT said officials identified unusual activity in its Crash Records Information System (CRIS) on May 12. An investigation ...

TxDOT has launched an investigation and implemented new security measures after discovering unauthorized access to its Crash ...

A data breach at TxDOT exposed about 300,000 crash reports, involving unauthorized access to personal information.

Personal information included in nearly 300,000 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Crash Records Information System reports was improperly accessed via a compromised account.

A road accident in Plano, Texas on on March 10, 2023. (Image: Keekeh Rojas/Shutterstock) Hackers stole nearly 300,000 crash reports containing sensitive personal information from the Texas Department ...

The unusual activity in the Crash Records Information System (CRIS) was spotted on May 12. TxDOT says notification of the data breach is not required by law, but that it took proactive steps to ...

In a Friday news release, TxDOT said it identified unusual activity in its Crash Records Information System on May 12.

After spotting “unusual activity” in the Crash Records Information System (CRIS), the agency investigated further, and found that the attacker accessed, and downloaded, nearly 300,000 crash ...

TxDOT said it discovered “unusual activity in its Crash Records Information System,” on May 12 coming from an individual user’s account.