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150M Driver’s Licenses Exposed, Security Experts Discuss

Jordyn Alger

September 3, 2026

More than 150 million driver’s licenses were exposed in a data breach.

Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles suffers data breach

Security Staff

June 19, 2023

The Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) in Louisiana suffered a MOVEit data breach. MOVEit is a third party data transfer service used to send large files.

Maryland TSA rolls out mobile ID security checks for android users

Security Staff

June 1, 2023

The Transportation Security Administration in Maryland will now accept Maryland mobile-driver's licenses from Google Wallet at security checkpoints.

Atlanta TSA allows Georgia residents to use mobile driver's license

Security Staff

May 19, 2023

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will roll out technology allowing Georgia residents to use a mobile driver's license during security.

Privacy study reveals wide scope of ICE surveillance

Madeline Lauver

May 26, 2022

Georgetown University's Center on Privacy & Technology released a report detailing facial recognition technology use and driver's license searches conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE).

Arizona introduces mobile driver's license & state ID

Security Staff

March 28, 2022

The State of Arizona has introduced a mobile driver's license and state ID system at the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) for approved passengers to progress through airport security.

Texas Increases Security Features, Unveils New Design for Driver License/ID and License to Carry Cards

February 28, 2020

Starting this week, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began issuing the newly designed Texas driver licenses (DL), identification (ID) cards and license to carry (LTC) cards to all Texans.

State of Colorado Launches Digital ID

November 1, 2019

Colo. Governor Jared Polis announced the launch of the Colorado Digital ID in the myColorado mobile app, the State of Colorado’s official mobile app™, which enables Coloradans to create an electronic version of their Colorado driver license or state identification (ID) card.

NY Proposes 'Textalyzer' Bill

April 13, 2016

Anyone involved in a car crash in New York may soon have to submit a cellphone to police at the scene to determine if the driver was texting before the accident.