{"id":1758785,"date":"2022-12-01T17:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T22:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758785"},"modified":"2022-12-01T17:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T22:33:04","slug":"independent-report-reveals-negligence-that-led-to-massive-california-gun-owner-information-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/independent-report-reveals-negligence-that-led-to-massive-california-gun-owner-information-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Report Reveals Negligence That Led To Massive California Gun Owner Information Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findependent-report-reveals-negligence-that-led-to-massive-california-gun-owner-information-breach%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1758785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> Department of Justice released a report from an outside investigation concerning the massive data breach of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/guns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun<\/a> owner information that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-gun-owners-data-breached-after-state-unveils-firearms-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took place in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The independent investigation, carried out by a team of independent legal experts, as well as forensic cyber specialists, found that the leak of data was \u201cunacceptable,\u201d but also \u201cunintentional,\u201d according to a press <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/california-department-justice-releases-results-independent-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release<\/a> from the Office of California Attorney General Rob Bonta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It was caused by \u201ca number of deficiencies within DOJ,\u201d which included \u201clack of training, expertise, and professional rigor; insufficient documentation, policies, and procedures; and inadequate oversight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The investigation revealed that \u201csome\u00a0confidential personal data of roughly 192,000 individuals who applied for a concealed carry weapons (CCW) permit from approximately 2012-2021 was unintentionally\u00a0disclosed due to the incident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The breach took place shortly after the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/report-california-gun-data-breach-was-unintentional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decided<\/a> that Americans have the right to publicly carry guns. The report ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/article269423907.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">discovered<\/a> that actions taken by an analyst, a team, and DOJ supervisors led to the breach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The dataset with private personal information \u201cwas downloaded approximately 2,734 times, in full or in part, across 507 unique IP addresses,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/system\/files\/attachments\/press-docs\/ca-doj-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, but the number of people who saw the information could be even higher. \u201cThe investigation could not accurately determine the number of public visitors who may have only viewed, but did not download, the underlying dataset,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The report also provided details about the information that was released. Attorney General Rob Bonta received a message on Twitter alerting him that the personal data was made public, \u201cincluding addresses and dates of birth for CCW permit holders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report also stated that \u201cthe CCW-related data included data for the years 2012 to 2021 and included the following fields: name, date of birth, street address associated with the permit, gender, race, county, CCW License Number, status of CCW applications, and California\u2019s Criminal Identification and Information\/State Identification number.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alan Gottlieb, executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation, told The Daily Wire over email that the intentionality of the release doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cIt does not matter if the breach of personal gun owners data was intentional or not. It still amounts to a [grave] invasion of personal privacy. If a private entity allowed this violation to occur they would be held responsible for heavy monetary damages. The state of California should be held to the same standard,\u201d Gottlieb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sam Paredes, the executive director of Gun Owners of California, said the report was appalling and showed deep negligence on the part of Attorney General Rob Bonta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe report is scathing in reporting the lack of accountability and proper management practices and review procedures and documentation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are calling on the Attorney General to fire the inept and negligent staff that allowed this to happen, including analysts and supervisors,\u201d Paredes told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">His group is also letting people know what legal action they can take.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWe are educating people whose identity has been released as to what their legal options are,\u201d he said, adding that damages sought against the Attorney General because of the breach \u201ccould include paying for new or updated security systems of people\u2019s homes and businesses, more robust personal identification security offers to those who have been affected, and emotional damages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The implications of the breach also involve cybersecurity and data concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Dr. Aaron Brantly, associate professor at Virginia Tech, and director of Tech4Humanity Lab, has written and co-authored several books regarding cybersecurity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Brantly told The Daily Wire over email that \u201c[t]he accidental release of information on CCW permit applicants is another in a long line of data disclosures by both private and public entities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He said these types of releases are not unique to governmental bodies, but instead \u201chighlight the continuing challenge of staffing and providing trained personnel to manage complex digital systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAny release of PII poses inherent potential security risks to individuals including but not limited to identify theft. Individuals whose data was disclosed will likely be offered security monitoring services. At present the types of data released have not been disclosed,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThe security risks posed by the release are highly dependent on the types of data released. The unwanted disclosure of CCW permit application, approval, or denial might also potentially have adverse effects on individuals across a broad range of use\/needs cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe State of California DOJ should be aware that this unintentional disclosure might have particularly adverse impacts on certain individuals,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the specific personal information that was revealed, and whether it impacts his response or cybersecurity concerns, Brantly said it does not, adding, \u201c[a]ll of the same cybersecurity concerns remain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe real question is how long was the data publicly accessible and how many times was it downloaded and by whom,\u201d he added. \u201cIf it was downloaded is it now publicly available elsewhere, i.e. on the dark web?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The California Department of Justice released a report from an outside investigation concerning the massive data breach of gun owner information that took place in June. The independent investigation, carried out by a team of independent legal experts, as well as forensic cyber specialists, found that the leak of data was \u201cunacceptable,\u201d but also \u201cunintentional,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":1758788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1758785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1758785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1758785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1758785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1758785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1758785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}