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Breach notice filed by The Seattle Public Library (December 2024)

Organization named: The Seattle Public Library Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory

What the sources say

Washington Attorney General data breach notifications Primary notice

Posted on the Washington Attorney General data breach notifications with a submission date of Dec. 12, 2024.

Organization as reported
The Seattle Public Library
Information types as reported
Name; Social Security Number; Driver's License or Washington ID Card Number; Financial & Banking Information; Full Date of Birth; Student ID Number; Passport Number; Health Insurance Policy or ID Number; Medical Information; Username and Password/Security Question Answers; Email Address and Password/Security Question Answers
Incident dates as reported
May 24, 2024
Submission date
Dec. 12, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-19 04:56 UTC (revision 25513, page:8:row:20)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The listing records a filing with the agency; it is not a finding by the agency.

Washington data breach notifications dataset (data.wa.gov sb4j-ca4h) Duplicate filing

Posted on the Washington data breach notifications dataset with a submission date of Dec. 12, 2024.

Organization as reported
The Seattle Public Library, WA
Entity type as reported
Government
Category as reported
Cyberattack; Ransomware
Incident dates as reported
May 24, 2024 to May 25, 2024
Discovery date as reported
May 25, 2024
Submission date
Dec. 12, 2024
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-11-01 20:03 UTC (revision 63582, row:1298)
Extraction
Parsed from a document; extraction confidence 0.85
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The listing records a filing with the agency; it is not a finding by the agency.

Figures, per source

  • 26,965 individuals affected (residents of the reporting state), according to the Washington Attorney General data breach notifications, source date Dec. 12, 2024, revision observed 2026-10-19.
  • 26,965 individuals affected (residents of the reporting state), according to the Washington data breach notifications dataset, source date Dec. 12, 2024, revision observed 2026-11-01.

Each figure is one source's figure with the basis that source gave. Figures from different sources are shown side by side and are not added, averaged or chosen between.

Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (Washington Attorney General data breach notifications)
  • Submission date (Washington data breach notifications dataset)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 25513)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 63582)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • The Seattle Public Library Named as the filer Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-11-04, method manual.

Archived evidence

  • 264d45f73831ec8fc298837002b836f792a7cfd7f3d6b4d2128484a23223c042
    text/csv, 453,656 bytes, retrieved from Washington data breach notifications dataset, 2026-11-01 20:03 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page
  • a60958c0fc9f817cfd6a8301ab1c37edf1f7ed13eb7c4b3defa7e964d8d96c99
    text/html, 155,789 bytes, retrieved from Washington Attorney General data breach notifications, 2026-10-19 04:56 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

Records reflect source filings as of the dates shown. BreachRecords is not a regulator.

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