HackingGovernmentGovernmentStolen CredentialsCustomer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryAuthenticationIdentity (basic)Government IDCriticalActive

Washington State Department of Licensing

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Jan 24, 2022

Filed

Feb 24, 2022

To disclose

4 weeks

Affected

483,904state residents only

Linked

7 filings

Confidence

70%

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

Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL) filed a supplemental notice regarding unauthorized access to its Business and Professional License System. DOL discovered the breach on Jan 24, 2022. The incident exposed personal data of 483,904 Washington residents, including names, SSNs, DOBs, and driver's license numbers. DOL took the system offline, engaged forensic experts, and notified law enforcement. Affected individuals were offered one year of credit monitoring.

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Washington clock⏱ WA AG >30d4 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 · 4 weeks / 31 days

Jan 24, 2022

Discovered

Feb 24, 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

Oregon State AGbd_f647620d5bf2bc942022-02-24Verified
California State AGbd_12d15c8c50be59dc2022-02-25 · +1dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_ae2928da77a3e1112022-02-25 · +1dVerified
Oregon State AGbd_b2baf45378a62e382022-02-25 · +1dVerified

Show 2 more filings ↓up to 54d gap

Idaho State AGbd_4287b45aac8953d82022-02-28 · +4dVerified
Illinois State AGbd_7ebcc39b553f14cf2022-01-01 · +54dVerified

Name: Washington State Department of Licensing
norm: washington state department of licensing

Name: Washington State Department of Licensing
norm: washington state department of licensing
Industry: Governmentllm

Discovered: Jan 24, 2022
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Feb 24, 2022
Affected individuals: 483,904state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: NameSocial Security numberDriver's licence numberDate of birthUsername + password
WA-stated cause: Unauthorized Access
WA-stated duration: lifecycle Unknowndexposure Unknownd
WA-stated discovery: Found after the fact
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Notified Washington State Attorney General
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Took the B&P System offline
Alerted the service providers involved in hosting the B&P System
Engaged a nationally recognized cybersecurity expert to conduct a detailed forensic analysis
Law enforcement is also involved
Implementing additional safeguards to protect the B&P System
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
Changes made: Implementing additional safeguards to protect the B&P System
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 4 weeks(31 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.

Filing propagation · 7 filings · 6 states

View merged incident ↗

Illinois State AGJan 1 · first

Oregon State AG+54d

Washington State AG+54d · this page

California State AG+55d

Indiana State AG+55d

Oregon State AG+55d

Idaho State AG+58d

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://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachA5349.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Feb 24, 2022
Raw hash: 1edbfdc11e7478a1f280669048ac26697740ee5915c3ea37b70dc6e1dda63f92

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

ComplianceWA AG >30d

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceagportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com