Personal information for Californians who were granted or denied a concealed and carry weapons permit over a period of 10 years, as well as the personal information of people associated with several other gun dashboards, was disclosed online this week, the state's Department of Justice confirmed.

DOJ said it is reaching out to those whose data was exposed and will provide credit monitoring services.

The data breach left the unauthorized information accessible to the public for "less than 24 hours" in connection with an update of the state's 2022 update of its Firearms Dashboard Portal on Monday afternoon.



The information included names, date of birth, gender, race, driver's license numbers, addresses and criminal history for those who were granted or denied a concealed and carry weapons permit between 2011 to 2021, California's DOJ said. It did not include social security or financial information.

These other dashboards were also affected: Assault Weapon Registry, Handguns Certified for Sale, Dealer Record of Sale, Firearm Certificate Safety and Gun Violence Restraining Order. The extent of the breach on those dashboards is not yet known.

KCRA 3 has reached out to Attorney General Rob Bonta's office for an estimate on how many people may have been affected.

Attorney general says he is 'deeply disturbed and angered.'
“This unauthorized release of personal information is unacceptable and falls far short of my expectations for this department,” Bonta said in a statement on Wednesday. “I immediately launched an investigation into how this occurred at the California Department of Justice and will take strong corrective measures where necessary. The California Department of Justice is entrusted to protect Californians and their data. We acknowledge the stress this may cause those individuals whose information was exposed. I am deeply disturbed and angered.”

The extent of the data breach is much wider than was initially disclosed by the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. The office said on Facebook that it was informed of the data breach involving the concealed carry dashboard by the California State Sheriff’s Association.