Fears about possible drug cartel drone activity over Texas sparked a recent airspace shutdown in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, but the episode ultimately underscored the challenges of safely deploying anti-drone weapons near cities. A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including passwords and Social Security numbers. The situation is far from unique, but it underscores ongoing potential identity-theft risk since it appeared that some of the data has not yet been exploited by criminals.