Breaches disclosed in 2007

28 breaches

DCDavidson County Election CommissionLaptops stolen in break-in held SSNs of every Nashville-area voterLost or stolen device337K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedDec 28, 2007Memorial Blood CentersStolen laptop held names and SSNs of 268,000 blood donorsLost or stolen device268K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedDec 5, 2007Legal Aid AgencyTwo lost discs held child benefit data of 25 million UK residentsLost or stolen device25M affectedGovernmentGBUnverifiedNov 20, 2007US Department of Veterans AffairsFormer auditor's home computer held 1.8 million VA Social Security numbersInsider185K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedNov 16, 2007HartfordThree misplaced backup tapes held data of 230,000 customersLost or stolen device230K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedOct 30, 2007Massachusetts Division of Professional LicensureDisks sent in public records request held SSNs of 450,000 professionalsExposed data450K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedOct 4, 2007GapStolen vendor laptop held data of 800,000 Gap job applicantsVendor breach800K affectedRetailUSUnverifiedSep 28, 2007TD AmeritradeHackers steal contact details of 6.3 million TD Ameritrade customersHacking6.3M affectedFinanceUSSep 14, 2007IDIndiana Departmentof Environmental ManagementBreach notice filed with the Indiana AG, details not stated.2 affectedUSSep 12, 2007CalPERSElection brochures printed SSNs of 445,000 California retireesVendor breach445K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedAug 22, 2007Monster.comTrojan harvests 1.6 million entries from job site's resume databaseCredential stuffing1.6M affectedTechUSUnverifiedAug 21, 2007Science Applications InternationalContractor sent military families' data online without encryptionExposed data580K affectedTechUSUnverifiedJul 20, 2007Fidelity National Information ServicesCertegy database analyst steals 8.5 million consumer recordsInsider8.5M affectedFinanceUSJul 3, 2007State of OhioBackup device with SSNs of every Ohio state worker stolen from intern's carLost or stolen device500K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedJun 15, 2007PfizerFile-sharing software on laptop exposed data of 17,000 Pfizer staffExposed data17K affectedHealthcareUSUnverifiedJun 11, 2007Illinois Department of Financial and Professional RegulationHacked server exposed SSNs of 300,000 Illinois licenseesHacking300K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMay 19, 2007IBMVendor loses tapes with SSNs of IBM employees, mostly formerVendor breachTechUSUnverifiedMay 15, 2007Community College of Southern NevadaVirus on server may have exposed data of 197,000 studentsHacking197K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedMay 14, 2007Neiman MarcusPension consultant's stolen computer held data of 160,000 employeesVendor breach160K affectedRetailUSUnverifiedApr 25, 2007Georgia Department of Community HealthVendor loses disk with 2.9 million Medicaid and PeachCare members' dataVendor breach2.9M affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedApr 10, 2007Los Angeles County Child Support ServicesThree stolen laptops held SSNs and case data on 243,000 peopleLost or stolen device243K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMar 30, 2007Dai Nippon PrintingContract worker stole nearly 9 million customer records from printing firmInsider8.6M affectedManufacturingJPUnverifiedMar 12, 2007Stop & ShopThieves tamper with checkout PIN pads to steal card data and PINsHackingRetailUSUnverifiedFeb 19, 2007Nationwide Building SocietyLaptop theft exposes weak controls; FSA fines Nationwide GBP 980,000Lost or stolen deviceFinanceGBFeb 14, 2007Indiana state governmentHacker breaks into IN.gov and obtains card numbers and 71,000 SSNsHacking77K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedFeb 10, 2007AnthemTapes with names and SSNs of 196,000 members stolen from vendorVendor breach196K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedJan 26, 2007TJX CompaniesWireless network intrusion exposes 45.7 million payment cards at TJXHacking46M affectedRetailUSJan 17, 2007Wisconsin Department of RevenueSSNs printed on tax booklets mailed to 171,000 Wisconsin taxpayersVendor breach171K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedJan 1, 2007