Keep in mind that "recent usage" means nothing.  They can use information garnered a year previously as well and often do as a way to hide where they got the information.  I know that's not the case with newer cards, however most recent places shopped at aren't always the source of the problem. 

Hacking can be done via the processor, the banks, the stores etc.  Heck, Anthem insurance was hacked here recently as well, most likely because they do store information for making payments.

Lastly the DMV has most definitely been hacked before and no doubt will be again, it's a perfect place for hackers to hit.  The CA DMV was hit last Spring, South Carolina a few years ago.  The problem is that often times those things aren't caught until months later.  So people assume that it's other stores and it turns out to actually be a large corporation like Target or as it was last Spring, the DMV.  Months later they find out that it was actually somewhere else because they assume that certain places are safe.

I mean if you have your card hacked and you only used it for your health insurance, a mechanic, an online store and a mom & pop restaurant you would assume that it was one of the latter 3 when in actuality it was the Health Insurance Company (as in the case of Anthem). Or you'd suspect the latter 3 over a large corporation like Target's, but again it was the Targets store.

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