"Eventually, the [Washington] state’s computers started to flag anomalies: out-of-state banks, duplicate email addresses and multiple names using the same bank accounts. But there and elsewhere, antiquated state computer systems failed to flag foreign IP addresses, repeated computer serial numbers and techniques to mask that number."

The current version of WA employment security dept software was deployed in 2017. It was a boondoggle that cost taxpayers ~$50mm.

edit-to-add-link: https://www.king5.com/article/news/investigations/years-late...