According to Washington State's Office of the Attorney General’s annual "Data Breach Report," data breaches affecting Washingtonians nearly doubled in 2020, while ransomware attacks tripled. Attorney General Bob Ferguson said if companies “fail to do their part” in protecting Washingtonian’s data, “my office will take action.”
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