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Illinois State Police Website Hacked, Gun Owner Data Compromised, Site Won’t Accept New FOID Applications UPDATED

The Illinois State Police Firearm Services Bureau implements the Land of Lincoln’s gun control licensing schemes for the state’s residents. Their website, ispfsb.com, was hacked in recent days and gun owner data was compromised. Even a major software upgrade this past weekend has not solved the problem. The now-crippled website won’t accept new applications for … Read more

New Zealand Data Breach Reveals Extent of Gun ‘Buyback’ Non-Compliance

I’ve been following the New Zealand firearm “buyback” with some amusement as I ran estimates on the compliance rate based on NZ Police turn-in reports and NZ government guesstimates of the number of affected firearms. (It’s a measly 16.5% as of November 24.) News of the “buyback” privacy breach has added extra humor value. Sorry, … Read more

NRA Reporting ‘Massive Data Breach’ in California ‘Assault Weapons’ Registration System

California DOJ Assault Weapons Registration

From NRA-ILA: Following the closure of the “assault weapon” registration period, NRA and CRPA received complaints from hundreds of individuals who were unable to register their firearms as required because CA DOJ’s online application system was unable to handle the amount of traffic it received. Constant crashes and errors plagued DOJ’s online registration system for … Read more

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