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Breaches.

Exposed data breaches

126 breaches, most recently disclosed first. The list grows as new ones are disclosed.

OrganizationAffected
FacebookHundreds of millions of passwords stored in plaintext; Irish DPC fine of EUR 91MMar 21, 20197 years agoExposed dataUnknown
Capital OneCloud intrusion exposes data of 100 million US and 6 million Canadian applicantsFeb 1, 20197 years agoExposed data106M
GoogleSecond Google+ API bug affected about 52.5 million usersDec 10, 20187 years agoExposed data53M
Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWSNov 17, 20187 years agoExposed dataUnverified5.8Macct
GoogleGoogle+ API bug exposed profile data of up to 500,000 usersOct 8, 20187 years agoExposed data500K
ApolloOct 5, 20187 years agoExposed dataUnverified126Macct
SpyFoneAug 24, 20188 years agoExposed dataUnverified44Kacct
ExactisMarketing firm leaves database of 340 million records exposed onlineJun 27, 20188 years agoExposed dataUnverified132Macct
Arc of Erie CountyNonprofit exposed clients' sensitive data online for years; USD 200,000 NY AG penaltyMar 9, 20188 years agoExposed data3,751
ai.typeDec 8, 20178 years agoExposed dataUnverified21Macct
Master DeedsOct 18, 20178 years agoExposed dataUnverified2.3Macct
VerizonVendor NICE Systems left Verizon customer call data in public S3 bucketJul 12, 20179 years agoExposed data225
Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceContractor posts donor file of 550,000 blood donors on insecure websiteOct 28, 20169 years agoExposed dataUnverified550K
Bon Secours Health SystemVendor left data of 655,000 patients exposed on the internetAug 12, 201610 years agoExposed data652K
DoritexOver 500 job applicants' SSNs posted online; USD 95,000 NY AG settlementMar 24, 201610 years agoExposed data500
MozillaFailed sanitisation left 76,000 developer emails on public serverAug 5, 201412 years agoExposed dataUnverified76K
Lincoln NationalPortfolio system vulnerability exposed accounts of 1.2 million Lincoln customersJan 14, 201016 years agoExposed dataUnverified1.2M
Fulton County Board of Registration and ElectionsVoter cards with SSNs of 99,000 Atlanta-area voters found in trash binMay 5, 200917 years agoExposed dataUnverified99K
Princeton ReviewTest prep firm published student data and scores on its websiteAug 18, 200818 years agoExposed dataUnverified108K
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of GeorgiaBenefit letters for 202,000 members mailed to wrong addressesJul 29, 200818 years agoExposed dataUnverified202K
Massachusetts Division of Professional LicensureDisks sent in public records request held SSNs of 450,000 professionalsOct 4, 200718 years agoExposed dataUnverified450K
Science Applications InternationalContractor sent military families' data online without encryptionJul 20, 200719 years agoExposed dataUnverified580K
PfizerFile-sharing software on laptop exposed data of 17,000 Pfizer staffJun 11, 200719 years agoExposed dataUnverified17K
AOLAOL publishes 20 million search queries from 650,000 usersAug 6, 200620 years agoExposed dataUnverified650K
US Department of AgricultureFOIA release exposed Social Security and tax ID numbers of 350,000Feb 15, 200620 years agoExposed dataUnverified350K
Boston GlobeCard data of 240,000 subscribers printed on paper used to wrap newspapersJan 31, 200620 years agoExposed dataUnverified240K

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