The Federal Trade Commission has identified two Louisiana towns as hot beds for crimes such as credit card fraud and ID theft. Those two towns have one really big thing in common.
After a cyber attack on Louisiana's Office of Motor Vehicles in late May of 2023, an investigation into the hack has revealed that more information was exposed by the hackers than previously thought.
The university says it is mailing letters to the people involved to inform them of the possibility that personal information is on the stolen computer.
The past year has given rise to the installation of skimmers at ATM's, and Pay at the Pump gas stations. Skimmers have been found here in Acadiana. They're pretty hard to spot, if you don't know what you're looking for...
Recently skimmer devices have been found in Avoyelles, Calcasieu, Jefferson, Lafayette, Orleans, Rapides, St. Landry, St. Tammany, and Washington Parishes.