HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

Washington State Department of Licensing

bd_4287b45aac8953d8 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 24, 2022

Filed

Feb 28, 2022

To disclose

5 weeks

Affected

6,909state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

68%

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

Washington State Department of Licensing notified Idaho AG of unauthorized access to its Business and Professional License System on Jan 24, 2022. 6,909 Idaho residents affected. Data included names, SSNs, DOBs, driver's license numbers. System taken offline; forensic investigation underway with WaTech and cybersecurity expert. Credit monitoring offered.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 5 weeks / 35 days

Jan 24, 2022

Discovered

Feb 28, 2022

Filed

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

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

California State AGbd_12d15c8c50be59dc2022-02-25 · +3dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_ae2928da77a3e1112022-02-25 · +3dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_b2baf45378a62e382022-02-25 · +3dVerified
Washington State AGbd_bd48f1371786f76c2022-02-24 · +4dCandidate

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Oregon State AGbd_f647620d5bf2bc942022-02-24 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_7ebcc39b553f14cf2022-01-01 · +58dVerified

Name: Washington State Department of Licensing
norm: washington state department of licensing
Domain: dol.wa.gov

Name: Washington State Department of Licensing
norm: washington state department of licensing
Domain: dol.wa.gov
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 6,909state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Law enforcement also is involved
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took the B&P System offline
Alerted the service providers involved in hosting the B&P System
Working with its service providers, Washington Technology Solutions and a nationally recognized cybersecurity expert to conduct a detailed forensic analysis
Law enforcement also is involved
Implementing additional safeguards to protect the B&P System
Changes made: Waiving all late-filing penalties through April 1, 2022
Implementing protocols to process those renewals paused by the outage more quickly
Offering one year of free credit monitoring and identity theft protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(35 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

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Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Washington State AG+54d

Oregon State AG+54d

California State AG+55d

Indiana State AG+55d

Oregon State AG+55d

Idaho State AG+58d · 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.

Source URL: https://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2022/03/2-28-2022-Washington-State-Department-of-Licensing.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 28, 2022
Raw hash: df22d6b4e3620be6d2dde22378e2b2da8262bc7b7824e160c7f7ab15c983604a

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (6) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityWashington State Department of Licensing

Victim entityWashington State Department of Licensing

Incidentdiscovered Jan 24, 2022

Stated responseTook the B&P System offline

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceag.idaho.gov