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Boise • The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has suspended online sales of hunting and fishing licenses after a computer breach.

Spokesman Mike Keckler said Thursday the agency is working with its vendor, Dallas-based Active Network, to determine if hackers gained access to personal information.

"We still do not know what Idaho data was breached," Keckler said. "All we know is that somebody was able to hack into our vendor's system, and this vendor services more than just Idaho."

On its website, Active Network says more than 42,000 organizers use its event and activity management software. The company didn't immediately return calls or respond to emails from The Associated Press on Thursday.

Keckler said Idaho's online licensing system run by Active Network will be down indefinitely.

He said licenses can still be purchased at businesses that sell Idaho hunting or fishing licenses because they use a separate system that hasn't been breached.

Erin Taylor, a manager at the Cabela's in Boise, confirmed the system is working fine.

"We've been able to take care of quite a few happy customers this morning," she said.

Keckler said about 80 percent of the license sales are at businesses with the remaining 20 percent purchased online. Keckler didn't have an estimate of how many people might be affected.

State officials in a statement late Wednesday announced the shutdown of its online sales through Active Network.

Active Network in 2014 in a letter apologized to Idaho Fish and Game officials following a shutdown due to a large volume of transactions involving hunting tag purchases. The shutdown meant hundreds of hunters were unable to complete their transactions for resident elk tags.