Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

Washington State Department of Labor & Industries

Washington State Department of Labor Industries (L&I) office lost equipment containing sensitive personally identifiable information of many residents in a burglary in March 2022.

The computer hard drives, laptops, cellphones, office equipment, door access key cards, gas cards, and other items were stolen in a burglary.

The hard drives may contain personally identifiable information including social security numbers, financial account numbers, email addresses and passwords, dates of birth, and health insurance information.

The agency filed the complaint and offered free credit monitoring to those affected.

Source: https://www.q13fox.com/news/hard-drives-and-equipment-stolen-from-li-in-tukwila-investigation-underway

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/laborandindustries

"id": "was14217822",
"linkid": "laborandindustries",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Washington State Department of Labor '
                                'Industries',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Financial Account Numbers',
                                              'Email Addresses and Passwords',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Health Insurance Information']},
 'date_detected': 'March 2022',
 'description': 'Washington State Department of Labor Industries (L&I) office '
                'lost equipment containing sensitive personally identifiable '
                'information of many residents in a burglary in March 2022. '
                'The computer hard drives, laptops, cellphones, office '
                'equipment, door access key cards, gas cards, and other items '
                'were stolen in a burglary. The hard drives may contain '
                'personally identifiable information including social security '
                'numbers, financial account numbers, email addresses and '
                'passwords, dates of birth, and health insurance information. '
                'The agency filed the complaint and offered free credit '
                'monitoring to those affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Financial Account Numbers',
                                 'Email Addresses and Passwords',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Health Insurance Information'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': ['Computer Hard Drives',
                                 'Laptops',
                                 'Cellphones',
                                 'Office Equipment']},
 'motivation': 'Theft of Equipment',
 'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True,
              'remediation_measures': ['Offered Free Credit Monitoring']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown Burglar',
 'title': 'Washington State Department of Labor Industries Office Burglary',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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