After the data breach at the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles last month, the OMV is offering a free year of Life Lock credit monitoring to those impacted. But Leesville Representative Chuck Owen believes the incident warrants legislative scrutiny.
“It was a prolific theft and I think the people, through the legislature, need to be informed directly from the OMV and from the administration,” said Owen.
Owen said at this time he only knows what information was released to the public about the data breach and he admits he hasn’t reached out directly to OMV for more information. He said he’d like to know the types of data that were stolen…
“The architecture that was compromised, as much information as we can know and be informed so we can inform our public and tell our citizens what to expect,” said Owen.
A decision on whether to call for an investigative committee into the matter is left to the Speaker of the House. Owen believes the breach could fall under the scope of existing committees either Homeland Security or Transportation, or a special committee could be merited as well.
“This looks pretty significant and my main concern here is that we’re able to give the next legislature a ‘stick pass’ as to the situation, how is developed, and how it’s going to hopefully improve over the future,” said Owen.