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Following December’s data breach of Accellion, the company used by the State Auditor’s Office to transfer files with the Employment Security Department, the Auditor’s Office announced that so far, no Washingtonians’ private accounts appear to have been hacked as a result. The breach potentially exposed the personal data of 1.6 million Washington residents who filed for unemployment last year, as well as state government employees. “We are not aware of anything that is tied to this breach, as far as information that was misused,” said Janel Roper, director of Administrative Services at the State Auditor’s Office, in a briefing to legislators on Tuesday. ....
Recent government data breaches have prompted a new bill in the Legislature aimed at protecting people’s personal information. House Bill 1455 states that if it is not required by federal or state law, the Employment Security Department (ESD) would need to stop disclosing full social security numbers in written communication with non-governmental third parties. This would have to begin by July 2023. Non-governmental third parties “excludes subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities of government,” according to the bill’s documents. “Hundreds of thousands of Washington consumers many of our constituents and those we serve, and even our families have had their Washington data breached,” said bill sponsor Rep. Gina Mosbrucker (R-Goldendale). ....