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PhysicalGovernmentGovernmentTheftCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

Washington State Patrol

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Severity

High

Discovered

Oct 14, 2018

Filed

Nov 27, 2018

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

1,171state residents only

Confidence

71%
Full breach record for Washington State Patrol →

Washington State Patrol notified 1,171 Washington residents that a hard drive containing names, addresses, and driver's license numbers was stolen from an agency vehicle. The incident was discovered on October 14, 2018. Notices were sent on November 27, 2018. Experian IdentityWorks membership was offered.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 44 days

Oct 14, 2018

Begins

Oct 14, 2018

Discovered

Nov 27, 2018

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,171 affectedView incident

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.