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2005-03-12 Home Front: WoT

North Las Vegas DMV Breakin: ID Info, Driver's License Blanks Taken

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Posted by Frank G 2005-03-12 10:52:07 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 ..at the North Las Vegas office, state DMV chief Ginny Lewis said.

I seem to remember that North Las Vegas is the more seedy part of town, relatively speaking. Can anyone confirm this?

But Lewis said Friday that Digimarc Corp., the Beaverton, Ore.,-based company that provides digital driverâs licenses in Nevada, told her Thursday the information was not encrypted, and was readily accessible.

Absolute, utter incompetence. Time to give the competition another look.

n addition to the computer, thieves took a camera, 1,700 license blanks and laminated plastic covers bearing the embossed state seal. Authorities said the equipment could be used to manufacture licenses virtually indistinguishable from legitimate Nevada driverâs licenses.

Assuming these are standard licenses, swiping them through a magnetic strip reader may expose them to be counterfeit, if the thieves aren't technically savvy.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-12 11:33:06 AM|| 2005-03-12 11:33:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 So now would be a good time for Nevada to quickly redesign their licenses, and require everyone to come in to get the replacement. Put a fingerprint or something on the replacement as well, for future reference, if possible.

Make the stolen ones obsolete, and maintain a strict credit watch on the stolen identities. And get the information encrypted NOW!

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-12 12:05:19 PM|| 2005-03-12 12:05:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Rule Number One in IT security: There is no IT security without physical security. You can't claim secure data if thieves can break in and steal the computer that holds it.

Posted by badanov 2005-03-12 12:05:22 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-03-12 12:05:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 North Las Vegas is indeed very seedy and is a good place to avoid.

Posted by bartelson 2005-03-12 12:08:12 PM|| 2005-03-12 12:08:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Bomb and Trailing wife. Just getting ahold of someone's social security is enough to destroy and innocent victim...I worked with a woman who had this happen to her and the criminal's committed crime's in other states (New York, Washington D.C. Virginia)

Three year's ago my co -worker was pulled over for speeding and the cop ran her plate, got out of his crusier with gun drawn and ordered her out of her car at gun point explaining that she had to go to the station....5 outstanding warrent's were out on her over the last three year's- armed robbery, breaking and entering----major crime's. It was hard to get ahold of an attorney on a Sunday, she was finally released after being shackled at the station etc and did have to go to court to clear her name and explained what had happened, it did end up costing a few thousand...they have never caught the true criminal to this day!

Andrea Jackson

Posted by Andrea Jackson 2005-03-12 1:23:10 PM|| 2005-03-12 1:23:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 There is some regularity in New Mexico of MVD personnel selling blank drivers licenses. Low civil service pay [state being #48 or 47 in per capita income] combined with cronyism and nepotism contribute significantly to the cronic problem.

Posted by Angash Spinelet3775 2005-03-12 1:23:54 PM|| 2005-03-12 1:23:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 # 6 YES!!!!!! I have tried to work in this type of environment and you can't---blood over water. It is prevelant in the government related job's...and you can't get "rid" of someone due to the union.
(I worked with some serious DEAD WEIGHT.)
Andrea

Posted by Andrea Jackson 2005-03-12 1:26:50 PM|| 2005-03-12 1:26:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 It's all FAITH BASED SOCIALISM and the coming Red/Pink/Mauve war of decorator colors. I know Art Deco and I hope he gets 5 to life.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-12 2:21:15 PM|| 2005-03-12 2:21:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Amateurs.... sheesh!

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-12 2:22:19 PM|| 2005-03-12 2:22:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 You can't claim secure data if thieves can break in and steal the computer that holds it.

Ah, but data and access can be encrypted to a prohibitively high level, can it not? Deeply encrypted data would probably be practically useless to just about anyone.

What I'm wondering tho, is why data of the sensitive kind is being stored in a computer in a DMV office? Why can't they give the DMV drones dumb terminals with no hard storage and link up to a centralized information center located in the state's seat of government?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-12 3:38:07 PM|| 2005-03-12 3:38:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Bomb,

1) That would make sense. And...

2) This is the Government we are talking about.

To Err is Human
To Forgive Devine
To Really screw things up requies a computer
But to achive total chaos you need a Government Agency!

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-12 6:32:36 PM|| 2005-03-12 6:32:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 # 10 & 11 this is exactly how the government works
ass backwards! I worked in state government so I experienced it first hand.

ANdrea Jackson

Posted by Andrea Jackson 2005-03-12 9:14:42 PM|| 2005-03-12 9:14:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 # 10 & 11 this is exactly how the government works
ass backwards! I worked in state government so I experienced it first hand.

ANdrea Jackson

Posted by Andrea Jackson 2005-03-12 9:15:14 PM|| 2005-03-12 9:15:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 She still does everything in duplicate to this day. ;)

Posted by Tom 2005-03-12 9:33:52 PM|| 2005-03-12 9:33:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 Been waiting for that one Tom? :) LOL

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-12 10:31:19 PM|| 2005-03-12 10:31:19 PM|| Front Page Top

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