As a precaution, DOL also shut down the Professional Online Licensing and Regulatory Information System (POLARIS) to protect the personal information of professional licensees,” the agency wrote on its website Thursday, announcing the outage and suspected data breach. “We immediately began investigating with the assistance of the Washington Office of Cybersecurity. The Washington Department of Licensing has taken down its online license application and renewal system after becoming “aware of suspicious activity involving professional and occupational license data.” The DOL does not believe any data related to driver’s and vehicle licenses was stolen. The state agency responsible for licensing Washington businesses and individual professionals is urging license holders to review their records after a suspected data breach late last month.

Board of Registration for professional engineers and land surveyors (Though these are handled in POLARIS, they are overseen by a state agency other than DOL).

Security guards and security guard companies.

Real estate brokers, managing brokers, firms and branch offices.

Private investigators and private investigator agencies.

Funeral directors, embalmers, interns and funeral establishments.Camping resort companies and camping resort salesperson.Bail bond agencies, bail bond agents, bail bond recovery agents.Those professional licensees who may have been affected by the breach include: It is currently inaccessible while an investigation is underway. The Department of Licensing's POLARIS system may have been affected by a data breach last week.

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