> Vertafore says the company has known about the breach since mid-August. So we asked why they're just now announcing it.
> The company says they reported it to the Texas Office of the Attorney General, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Texas Department of Public Safety and wrote, "Vertafore’s notice was delayed at law enforcement’s request."
Hard not to see this as purposefully delayed until after the election.
No one in the Texas election had any connection to the state DMV. It was either federal positions or local elections, but nothing with a material connection in state offices.
I think it would make people upset with whoever is perceived to be incumbent leadership that this “would be allowed to happen.”
Whether the assignment on existing representation is logical is a fair question. But this would be far from the most irrational sentiment from voting people these days.
I’ll stake out this was purposefully repressed for political reasons. On surface it suggests weakness in oversight by the state. And lack of privacy protection oversight posture by prevailing party doesn’t help either.
> The company says they reported it to the Texas Office of the Attorney General, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Texas Department of Public Safety and wrote, "Vertafore’s notice was delayed at law enforcement’s request."
Hard not to see this as purposefully delayed until after the election.