DALLAS (AP) _ Five days worth of driver’s license production was lost as a result of a “worm” that infected computers at the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The computer virus in April happened at the same time DPS switched to a new driver’s license design. The result is a backlog of applications and at least a month delay for citizens to receive a renewed driver’s license, The Dallas Morning News reported.
DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said more workers had been added to the driver’s license machines and the state should be caught up in a couple of weeks.
Some liquor stores and bars were initially rejecting the unfamiliar new license cards, which are white and emblazoned with new graphics, but the problem is dissipating.