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Thank you IBJ. I had wondered as even though they looked authentic, I had received multiples.
State government at its best with antiquated security systems in place!
You didn’t read it very well. It was a contractor that didn’t remove the state from their email marketing system. Antiquated and email marketing don’t go together. Lol
No Mark, you didn’t read it very well, the state is placing blame on the contactor even though the state left their door wide open for the hack. The contractor was simply the door in which the hackers used to access state information. Furthermore, why would the state give this contractor our information. I’ve never authorized them to share information. I do not have a TxTol account. Michael is 100% accurate in the State does nothing to protect their date and Yes, it is antiquated and outdated. Pathetic IMO.
This was a private industry contractor who failed to both clean their database and maintain their security, not the government. Private industry messes up all the time but heaven forbid that fact get in the way of the old chestnut of private industry = always better.
I was confused as well since it came from an indot text that was active
The funny part was one of my several emails was all in Chinese script. Kind of a giveaway it was a hack spam.
啊，你发现我们了！
In addition to the TxTag emails from INDOT, I got at least one from Revenue alerting me to a problem with my PayPal account. Obviously bogus but I wonder if it was part of the same hack.
So, the State blames the contractor, but where are the protections for the citizens whose information has been hacked? Were there no service level agreements in place to warranty protections once the contract was done?
What exactly is the State doing to assure the information is being protected from here on out and other systems reviewed and protected?
Excellent point. I received at least five of these emails this morning. IBJ can you look into this? Does this company have other information related to those who received the emails – such as SSNs and other private information?
Fake emails started before midnight last night and fake text messages started before 7:00am this morning—all from accounts where legit InDOT messages were sent and opened by recipients previously. So why wouldn’t recipient open and click? It should not have take state so long informing us they were fake. And why not directly rather than via the media? That’s my concern.
What a predictable comments section. A hack occurs – as they do everywhere all over the world every minute of every day – and people use it as an excuse to argue politics.
Here’s a (non-political) tip for everyone. If you receive an email you’re not expecting that contains a link for you to click, DON’T CLICK ON IT.
I received one of these emails and thought, “that looks bogus.” So I deleted it without clicking on anything.
These things come from anywhere snd everywhere. Stop blaming one party or the other. Just use your head.