Breaches disclosed in 2006

28 breaches

BoeingLaptop stolen from employee's car held data of 382,000 Boeing workersLost or stolen device382K affectedManufacturingUSUnverifiedDec 13, 2006UCLAHackers access UCLA database with SSNs of 800,000 students and staffHacking800K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedDec 12, 2006CPConcentra Preferred SystemsStolen backup tapes expose Aetna and other health plan claim dataVendor breach130K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedDec 12, 2006NissanDatabase of 5.38 million Nissan customers leaked in Japan5.4M affectedManufacturingJPUnverifiedOct 30, 2006Akron Children's HospitalOverseas hackers break into hospital computers with data of 235,903Hacking236K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedOct 26, 2006SOSisters of St. Francis Health ServicesBilling contractor misplaced CDs with SSNs of 266,200 hospital patients and staffVendor breach266K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedOct 23, 2006US Department of TransportationLaptop stolen from OIG agent's car held data of 132,470 peopleLost or stolen device132K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedAug 9, 2006AOLExposed data, data exposed not stated.Exposed data650K affectedTechUSUnverifiedAug 6, 2006Kaiser PermanenteStolen laptop held names and member numbers of 160,000 Kaiser membersLost or stolen device160K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedJul 27, 2006NelnetTape with 188,000 student loan records lost in UPS shipmentLost or stolen device188K affectedFinanceUSUnverifiedJul 18, 2006CSCS STARSMissing computer held SSNs of 540,000 New York workers' comp claimantsLost or stolen device540K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedJul 18, 2006Nebraska State Treasurer's OfficeHacker breaks into child support system holding data of 309,000Hacking309K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedJun 29, 2006Western Illinois UniversityHacker compromises university server with card numbers and SSNs of 180,000Hacking180K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedJun 14, 2006AIGStolen server held SSNs and medical data of 930,000 peopleLost or stolen device930K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedJun 14, 2006Hotels.comLaptop stolen from auditor's car held card data of 243,000 Hotels.com customersVendor breach243K affectedHospitalityUSUnverifiedJun 1, 2006TGTexas Guaranteed Student LoanSubcontractor loses equipment holding 1.7 million student borrowers' SSNsVendor breach1.7M affectedFinanceUSUnverifiedMay 30, 2006American Red Cross St. Louis ChapterDishonest employee had access to SSNs of 1 million blood donorsInsider1.0M affectedNonprofitUSUnverifiedMay 24, 2006MLMortgage Lenders Network USAEx-employee tried to extort $6.9 million over stolen files of 231,000 borrowersInsider231K affectedFinanceUSUnverifiedMay 23, 2006US Department of Veterans AffairsStolen VA laptop holds data on 26.5 million veteransLost or stolen device27M affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMay 22, 2006American Institute of Certified Public AccountantsHard drive with SSNs of 330,000 CPA members lost in shippingLost or stolen device330K affectedNonprofitUSUnverifiedMay 19, 2006University of Texas at AustinHackers access McCombs business school records of 197,000 peopleHacking197K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedApr 24, 2006Ohio UniversityHackers breach alumni system holding 137,000 Social Security numbersHacking300K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedApr 24, 2006US Marine CorpsLost portable drive held data of 207,750 MarinesLost or stolen device208K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMar 30, 2006Georgia Technology AuthorityHacker exploits flaw to access SSNs and bank data of 573,000 pensionersHacking573K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMar 30, 2006Fidelity InvestmentsStolen laptop held data of 196,000 HP retirement account customersLost or stolen device196K affectedFinanceUSUnverifiedMar 23, 2006US Department of AgricultureFOIA release exposed Social Security and tax ID numbers of 350,000Exposed data350K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedFeb 15, 2006Boston GlobeCard data of 240,000 subscribers printed on paper used to wrap newspapersExposed data240K affectedMediaUSUnverifiedJan 31, 2006Providence Health SystemStolen backup tapes and laptops held records of 365,000 home care patientsLost or stolen device365K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedJan 25, 2006