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Raleigh DMV office throws personal information in trash

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Dissent

Ed Crump reports:

The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles is warning customers who visited one office in Raleigh of a possible personal information breach after records were thrown in the trash instead of being shredded as they’re supposed to be.

It happened at the office on Spring Forest Road.

Officials said the records of an estimated 24,000 customers who visited the office between last September and early March are involved.

Read more on ABC11.


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