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Exclusive:The National Rifle Association has announced thatCalifornia Department of Justicehas released personal information on thousands of guns due to a recent data breach. Owners who have said they have endangered "vulnerable individuals".
"California DOJ's actions are completely sneaky and unacceptable. They endangered lives, including vulnerable individuals with abusive exes and stalker," NRA said. Dan Reed, the Western Regional Director of the company, told Fox exclusively. News digital.
The California DOJ confirmed a data breach on Wednesday and the names and other individuals of thousands of people who were granted or denied a hidden carry permit between 2011 and 2021. I revealed the information. Monday State Firearms Dashboard Portal.
Reportedly, this breach did not reveal social security numbers or financial information, but name, date of birth, gender, race, driver's license number, address. , The criminal history has been revealed. Reload first reported the breach on Tuesday and found in the LA County database that there were about 420 reserves and 244 judges among those who leaked the information.
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Reid continued to comment Fox News Digital, NRA Said last year that the state would take legal action following this leak, as it did when it enacted a law allowing the disclosure of personal information about gun owners to researchers.
"Last year, when Congress was stupid and perhaps maliciously mandated to hand over the personal information of the gun owner to researchers, the NRA objected and acted in court. With confidence, NRA will take further legal action in the light of recent leaks to ensure accountability, whether DOJ's actions are malicious or grossly negligent. "
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after a state DOJ data breach reveals its IDLeak claims to be "terrifying" in California with the remaining gun owners andsecond fix. Sam Paredes, executive director of California gun owners, told Fox News that California lawyer Rob Bonta should resign from Leak. Permission to leak.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta in Sakuramento, California , Tuesday, August 17, 2021.(AP Photo / Rich Pedroncelli)
"This is so terrible that I need to resign. He harms tens of thousands of citizens to California. That's no excuse for "I'm sorry," continued Paredes.
Law enforcement authoritiesalso blamed the leak, and Bute County Security Officer Cory Honia called it a "worrisome situation."
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The California Rifle and Pistol Association has information for judges and law enforcement officers as well as information for law enforcement officers. The leak was called "not conscientious" because it was included. Others seeking permission "like victims of rape and domestic violence."
The Attorney General's office directed FoxNews Digital to a statement on Wednesday in Bonta when asked to comment on the leak earlier on Thursday. "Unauthorized disclosure of this personal information is unacceptable," Bonta said in a statement.
"I will soon start investigating how this happened in the California Department of Justice and take strong corrective actions as needed. The California Department of Justice will be the Californians and their. I have been entrusted with the protection of my data. Information can cause individuals to be disclosed. I was deeply anxious and angry, "he said.
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The Attorney General's office is soon He did not respond to a request for comment on the NRA statement by FoxNews Digital.
