BOISE, Idaho–It isn’t just retailers reporting breaches.
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has suspended online sales of hunting and fishing licenses and tags after a computer breach that potentially included personal information being accessed, according to the agency.
In a press release, Idaho Fish and Game reported it is working with a third-party online sales vendor, Active Network, a Texas-based company, to determine if hackers acquired personal information.
“At this point, we still do not know what Idaho data was breached,” a spokesperson told the Associated Press. “All we know is that somebody was able to hack into our vendor’s system, and this vendor services more than just Idaho.”
Idaho Fish and Game did not state how many people could have had their personal information compromised because of the breach. Apparently, the data breach occurred sometime this summer, according to the Fish and Game release. The personal information includes names, ages, addresses and Social Security numbers. Because credit card information is not kept in the Active Network licensing system, Fish and Game said it is confident it was not accessed.