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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Experts: California lacked safeguards for gun owner info

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners.

The website was designed to only show general data about the number and location of concealed carry gun permits, broken down by year and county. But for about 24 hours starting Monday a spreadsheet with names and personal information was just a few clicks away, ready for review or downloading.

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