Ameriprise

Disclosed Dec 25, 2005260,000 affectedUnverified

Laptop stolen from employee's car held data of 260,000 Ameriprise clients

A laptop with customer names, Social Security numbers and some account information was stolen from an employee's car on Christmas Eve 2005. It was later recovered, and Ameriprise settled with Massachusetts in December 2006.

What is known

People affected	260,000 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Dec 25, 2005
Discovered	Dec 24, 2005
Attack	Lost or stolen device
Data exposed	NamesSocial Security numbersFinancial
Sector	Finance · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
Lawsuit or fine	Settlement with Massachusetts (2006)

Sources

Newsweb.archive.org

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived December 2008)

Notices filed

TotalDec 25, 2005

Research260,000 people

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Extortion breachExtortion exposed emails, employment records, financial details, names, phone numbers and addresses.503K accountsTechUnverifiedMay 26

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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