Washington State Department of Licensing

The Washington State Department of Licensing reported a data breach on February 25, 2022, involving personal information from the Business and Professional License System. The specific date of the breach is unknown, but it is noted that unauthorized access to personal information, including names, email addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and potentially driver's license numbers, was identified. Measures have been taken including offering one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-551232

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/washington-state-department-of-licensing

"id": "was528072625",
"linkid": "washington-state-department-of-licensing",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Government',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'Washington State Department of Licensing',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'email addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         "driver's license "
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2022-02-25',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-02-25',
 'description': 'The Washington State Department of Licensing reported a data '
                'breach on February 25, 2022, involving personal information '
                'from the Business and Professional License System. The '
                'specific date of the breach is unknown, but it is noted that '
                'unauthorized access to personal information, including names, '
                'email addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and '
                "potentially driver's license numbers, was identified. "
                'Measures have been taken including offering one year of '
                'credit monitoring and identity theft protection services to '
                'affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 "driver's license numbers"],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-02-25',
                 'source': 'Washington State Department of Licensing'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offering one year of credit monitoring '
                                       'and identity theft protection services '
                                       'to affected individuals']},
 'title': 'Washington State Department of Licensing Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}