People search Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 2 Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles-linked incidents, with headline counts up to 1M+ in catalog rows. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles breach history matters
Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles operates in Technology (United States). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include mixed intrusion and disclosure events. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2011 — — Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles: The Oregon DMV sold DMV database information to…
Cataloged incident. The Oregon DMV sold DMV database information to marketing companies prior to the late 1990s. A man gained access to this information and used it to create fake Oregon identification cards and print fake checks. He was charged with 26 counts of aggravated identity; this represents one count per victim for each letter of the alphabet. The databases includes 1.6 million names, addresses, dates of birth, genders and ages of people who registered with the DMV. The database of publicly available i Exposed categories include Personal information. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the oregon-department-of-motor-vehicles2011 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
2011 — — Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles: Sheriff's detectives arrested Tim Nuss for…
Cataloged incident. Sheriff's detectives arrested Tim Nuss for accessing an old Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles database. The DMV database was once sold to marketing companies, but the department stopped selling the information in the late 1990s. The sold data include the names, addresses, birth dates, gender and ages of people who registered with the DMV, but no financial information. BreachHistory cites approximately 1M+ affected records in this row. See the oregon-department-of-motor-vehiclesu and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Mixed intrusion and disclosure events — appears across multiple Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Review OAuth app permissions and revoke unused third-party integrations.
- Step 5: Bookmark the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/oregon-department-of-motor-vehicles · Latest: oregon-department-of-motor-vehicles2011.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (2 rows for Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.