HackingGovernmentGovernmentVulnerability ExploitTargetedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDHighContained

WA State Department of Transportation

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Severity

High

Discovered

Dec 29, 2021

Filed

Feb 9, 2022

To disclose

6 weeks

Affected

2,249state residents only

Confidence

68%

Full breach record for WA State Department of Transportation →

WSDOT disclosed a security vulnerability in an internal database affecting 2,249 trainees on federally funded projects. The incident exposed names and last four digits of SSNs. WSDOT applied a security fix on Dec 29, 2021, and notified affected individuals via public release and call center on Feb 2, 2022.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d6 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 6 weeks / 42 days

Dec 29, 2021

Discovered

Feb 9, 2022

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,249 affectedView incident

Name: WA State Department of Transportation
norm: wa state department of transportation

Name: WA State Department of Transportation
norm: wa state department of transportation
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Dec 29, 2021
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 2, 2022
Affected individuals: 2,249state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security number
WA-stated cause: Cyberattack
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found while ongoingContained same day
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Consulted with state cybersecurity officialsConsulted with the Attorney General’s Office
Initial access: exploit_public_facing

During the incident: Applied a security fix on this system within hours of learning of the vulnerability
Consulted with state cybersecurity officials and the Attorney General’s Office
Set up a call center to locate and verify those who may have been affected
Providing information and services
Offering free credit monitoring for eligible affected individuals
Changes made: Evaluating policies to further strengthen systems
Eliminate unneeded data more quickly
Increase training on these matters
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 6 weeks(42 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: WA AG >30d
Discovery-date grounding: AG web formThe discovery date came from the AG web-form field, which is systematically later than the detection date stated in the letter. Treat the clock as indicative.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA5323.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 9, 2022
Raw hash: 2b29d88a3ebcb0d854300a0e4ceb46d8a4d3c95525e92bf8af3262b56052a0f4

Reporting entityWA State Department of Transportation

Victim entityWA State Department of Transportation

Incidentdiscovered Dec 29, 2021

Stated responseApplied a security fix on this system within hours of learning of the vulnerability

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com