Texas Vendor Breach Exposes Data of 3.09 Million Hunting and Fishing License Customers
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Texas Vendor Breach Exposes Data of 3.09 Million Hunting and Fishing License Customers
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 29
Summary
3,087,721 Texas hunting and fishing license customers may have had personal data taken after a cyberattack hit a vendor that handles sales for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Texas Parks and Wildlife said the exposed data may include driver’s license information, passport numbers, email addresses, phone numbers and home addresses, while Social Security numbers, birth dates and payment data were not obtained.
The agency said Texas Cyber Command detected the incident, access controls were tightened and added safeguards and monitoring are being implemented with the vendor; license sales are still set to continue in August.
Affected customers can seek one year of free credit monitoring through Sept. 14, 2026, as officials warn the stolen details could fuel phishing, impersonation and identity-fraud attempts even without financial data.