MISSOURI — People across the state of Missouri are receiving texts claiming to be from the Missouri Department of Revenue or the Department of Motor Vehicles. These texts warn the recipient of unpaid traffic violations, outstanding toll charges or fines owed.
Drury University Professor of Cyber Risk Management Dr. Shannon McMurtrey tells Ozarks First he believes the text scams were made possible by a data leak from 2024.
“There were close to 3 billion records exposed for people in the United States, the UK and Canada,” McMurtrey says. “And it was all the most sensitive data; names, address, phone number or Social Security numbers.”…