Scammers used New York state text message alert system to send 166,000 scam texts

This week, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers received scam texts after their state's official text messaging system was breached by hackers, according to a report from NBC News.New York’s Office of Information Technology Services told NBC News that "around 188,000 people get text messages from the state and that around 160,000 received the scam text." Scam texts are on the rise. By now, you've probably been inundated by them. Text messages from scammers claiming they need your informati