WA Dept. of Licensing responds to data breach claims

The Washington Department of Licensing is disputing allegations of widespread fraud, saying there's not evidence of a data breach through its license express services.
Northwest Asian Weekly

“Roads have become a hunting ground”: Protestors demand WA Department of Licensing, Gov. Ferguson stop federal immigration agencies from accessing state lic…

As federal agencies continue to besiege immigrant communities across the country, community organizers gathered in front of ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

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.

Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

WATCH: Did anti-fraud crackdown kill WA childcare licensing reform?

Legislation to update how Washington state handles childcare licensing and to provide fraud protections and accountability within the Department of Children, Youth & Families is apparently ...