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fishing and hunting license sales suspended....

Post by Amx » Wed Aug 24, 2016 3:57 pm

WDFW NEWS RELEASE
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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Washington State Office of Cyber Security

August 24, 2016

WDFW contact: Bruce Botka, (360) 902-2262
OCS contact: Andrew Garber, (360) 407-7995

Hunting and fishing license sales suspended while state agencies investigate system vulnerability

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has temporarily suspended the sale of fishing and hunting licenses while it works with the state Office of Cyber Security (OCS) to investigate a vulnerability in an outside vendor’s license sale system that was recently exploited in several states, including Washington.

The vendor’s vulnerability allowed access to some personal information provided by customers who purchased fishing and hunting licenses. WDFW and OCS are working with the vendor and collaborating with law enforcement, federal agencies, and officials in other states to determine how much information was accessed.

WDFW is working to resume license sales as soon as it can ensure the security of the system. More information will be released as it becomes available.



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Re: fishing and hunting license sales suspended....

Post by Larry3215 » Wed Aug 24, 2016 4:51 pm

This the Russians again?

Really annoying crap for sure.

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Re: fishing and hunting license sales suspended....

Post by 66kma » Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:25 pm

That is for sure, Russians! They are everywhere ! Poor US!!!!
Clowns saga! More will come!

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Re: fishing and hunting license sales suspended....

Post by G-Man » Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:33 pm

And I remember getting a ton of grief for refusing to provide my SSN when I orginally applied for my WILD ID number.

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