Fidelity National Information Services

Disclosed Jul 3, 20078,500,000 affectedSettled

Certegy database analyst steals 8.5 million consumer records

A database administrator at FIS subsidiary Certegy Check Services stole consumer records containing card, bank account and other personal details and sold them to a data broker. FIS first estimated 2.3 million records and raised it to 8.5 million in SEC filings.

What is known

People affected	8,500,000 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Jul 3, 2007
Attack	Insider
Data exposed	NamesFinancialPayment cardsAddressesDates of birth
Sector	Finance · US
Status	Settled
Lawsuit or fine	Class action settlement (2008)

Sources

Newsweb.archive.org

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: Chronology of Data Breaches

SEC filingsec.gov

Fidelity National Information Services Form 10-Q (2007-08-09), SEC EDGAR

Notices filed

TotalJul 3, 2007

Research8,500,000 people

Other breaches at Fidelity National Information Services

Breach, details not statedBreach notice filed with the California AG, details not stated.USAug 11, 2023

History of this record

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source_url2026-09-25

https://web.archive.org/web/2009/http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm to https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136893/000089256907001021/a32859e10vq.htmby depthSource

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First seen 2026-09-25 (Research), confirmed by SEC filing. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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