Gov. Tina Kotek’s staff was told Monday that Oregon Department of Transportation driver’s license and identification card files had been hacked as part of an international security breach and she was personally briefed the following day, her office said.
However, the breach that exposed an estimated 3.5 million driver’s license and ID cards issued by the state of Oregon was not publicly disclosed by state officials until late Thursday morning and only after an inquiry from The Oregonian/OregonLive, which had pressed the agency 24 hours earlier about a possible hack.
