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Experts: California lacked safeguards for gun owner info

FILE - California Attorney General Rob Bonta talks at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., June 28, 2022. Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website, exposing the personal information of potentially hundreds of thousands of gun owners. “We are conducting a comprehensive and through investigation into all aspects of the incident and will take any and all appropriate measures in response to what we learn,” his office said in a statement Friday, July 1. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Gun owners fire their pistols at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course to renew their carry concealed handgun permits at the Placer Sporting Club in Roseville, Calif., on Friday, July 1, 2022. The California Department of Justice improperly revealed names and other identifying information on a website that was designed to show general data about the number and location of concealed carry gun permits. The Placer Sporting Club provides instructions and qualifies gun owners who want to carry a concealed weapon. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) Ettore Russo fires his pistol at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course to renew his Carry Concealed handgun permit at the Placer Sporting Club in Roseville, Calif., on Friday, July 1, 2022. The California Department of Justice improperly revealed names and other identifying information on a website that was designed to show general data about the number and location of concealed carry gun permits.. The Placer Sporting Club provides instructions and qualifies gun owners who want to carry a concealed weapon. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)