If you have a hunting and/or fishing license with the state of Texas

[Jerod Broussard]

They had a data breach with respect to driver's license numbers, email, residential address, phone number, and passport (if provided).

*****Social Security number, date of birth and financial information, including credit card details were not obtained from this incident.

I still made sure my credit report stuff is Frozen at the top three credit dudes.

[Donw]

Smart. We’ve both have had ours locked since the OPM data breech in 2015.

[Mister C]

Sad but this has become such a regular occurrence, as has the habit of companies disclosing said breaches months after they happen. Would have been nice to know before, ya know! I'm with you on freezing your credit, bit of a pain when you apply for something new but ultimately well worth it.

[Jerod Broussard]

Yeah, hopefully a few years to 8 years before I need another vehicle. Maybe purchase a house. I can thaw out the credit reports at the bank.

[Oak Smoke]

You’re darned if you do or darned if you don’t. We swore off credit cards years ago. I’ve actually never had one. We’ve been fortunate to have not needed to borrow money in years either. Now my banker tells me my wife and I are called ghosts. We have no credit rating. My homeowners insurance just went up because they have decided to base it partly on our credit rating. We’re being told we need to get a credit card and establish a credit rating. Then we hear about messes like these. I honestly don’t know what to do.

[Willy]

Get a card and pay it off in total EVERY month. Use that card to pay for everything you buy.

[Jerod Broussard]

Exactly what Willy said. I have one I use set for "Pay Statement Balance." That is all you have to do.

[tstalafuse]

That sucks. Good luck getting your credit unfrozen when you need it (TransUnion is the worst).