Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Disclosed Jan 29, 2008300,000 affectedUnverified

Stolen employee laptop held names and SSNs of 300,000 members

A laptop being taken home by an employee who works with member data was stolen, exposing names, Social Security numbers and other data of more than 300,000 members.

What is known

People affected	300,000 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Jan 29, 2008
Attack	Lost or stolen device
Data exposed	NamesSocial Security numbers
Sector	Insurance · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newsweb.archive.org

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

Notices filed

TotalJan 29, 2008

Research300,000 people

Other breaches at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Two stolen laptops expose data of nearly 840,000 Horizon membersLost or stolen device exposed names, dates of birth, insurance details, Social Security numbers and health records.Lost or stolen device840K affectedInsuranceUSJan 3, 2014

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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