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Washington State Department of Licensing

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Jan 24, 2022

Filed

Feb 25, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

67%
Full breach record for Washington State Department of Licensing →2 incidents on file

The Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) notified individuals that personal information in their business or professional license records was exposed to unauthorized activity. On January 24, 2022, DOL became aware that data from the Business and Professional License System (B&P System) had been accessed without authorization. Affected data may include name, email address, Social Security number, date of birth, and/or driver’s license number. DOL took the system offline, engaged forensic experts, and is offering one year of free credit monitoring.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 32 days

Jan 24, 2022

Discovered

Feb 25, 2022

Filed

This filing is one of 7 filings about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 55d gap

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗
Illinois State AGJan 1 · first
California State AG+55d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jan 1 (IL), last Feb 28 (ID) — a 58-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.