Breach Database / Washington State Food Worker Card
Yes — Washington State Food Worker Card was breached.
- 1.6 million accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2022-11-17 · foodworkercard.wa.gov
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In June 2023, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department announced a data breach of their Washington State Food Worker Card online training system. The breach was published to a popular hacking forum the year before and dated back to a 2018 database backup. Included in the data were 1.6M unique email addresses along with names, post codes, dates of birth and approximately 9.5k driver's licence numbers.
What data was exposed
- Dates of birth
- Driver's licenses
- Email addresses
- Geographic locations
- Names
What to do right now
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.
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