Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2014-03-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: California Department of Motor Vehicles
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The California Department of Motor VehiclesÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ appears to have suffered a wide-ranging credit card data breach involving online payments. The Department states that its computers were not breached directly, but rather the breach happened to a card processor.