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When you are required by law to use a service (DOL) and they fail in protecting your data, there should be repercussions...
"The personal information of more than a quarter million licensed professionals may have been exposed in a breach of a Washington state Department of Licensing database, agency officials said Friday.
The agency, which licenses around 40 categories of businesses and professionals — everything from auctioneers and private detectives to tattoo artists and real estate agents — said it temporarily shut down its online licensing system, known as POLARIS, early last week after learning of "suspicious activity involving professional and occupational license data," according to a spokesperson and a statement posted Thursday on the agency's website."
It appears that CPL holders and Firearms dealer licenses are included in the "Professional or Occupational Licenses".
"The personal information of more than a quarter million licensed professionals may have been exposed in a breach of a Washington state Department of Licensing database, agency officials said Friday.
The agency, which licenses around 40 categories of businesses and professionals — everything from auctioneers and private detectives to tattoo artists and real estate agents — said it temporarily shut down its online licensing system, known as POLARIS, early last week after learning of "suspicious activity involving professional and occupational license data," according to a spokesperson and a statement posted Thursday on the agency's website."
Breach at WA licensing agency may have exposed data from a quarter million professionals
The personal information of more than a quarter million licensed professionals may have been exposed in a breach of a Washington state Department of Licensing database, agency officials said Friday.
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It appears that CPL holders and Firearms dealer licenses are included in the "Professional or Occupational Licenses".