Breaches disclosed in 2009

38 breaches

Eastern Washington UniversityNetwork breach exposes SSNs of up to 130,000 students since 1987Hacking130K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedDec 31, 2009UOUniversity of California, San FranciscoLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device7,300 affectedHealthcareUSDec 15, 2009DDDetroit Department of Health and Wellness PromotionLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device10K affectedHealthcareUSDec 15, 2009RockYouSQL injection exposes 32 million plaintext passwords at RockYouHacking32M affectedTechUSDec 14, 2009RLRick Lawson, Professional Computer ServicesLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device2,000 affectedHealthcareUSDec 11, 2009KMKern Medical CenterLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device596 affectedHealthcareUSDec 10, 2009DDDemocracy Data & Communications, LLC (Exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.83K affectedHealthcareUSDec 8, 2009CHCogent HealthcareLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device6,400 affectedHealthcareUSNov 25, 2009CSChildren's Hospital of PhiladelphiaLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device943 affectedHealthcareUSNov 24, 2009COCity of Hope National Medical CenterLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device5,900 affectedHealthcareUSNov 23, 2009MDMichele Del Vicario, MDLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device6,145 affectedHealthcareUSNov 20, 2009MDMark D. Lurie, MDLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device5,166 affectedHealthcareUSNov 20, 2009LDL. Douglas Carlson, M.DLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device5,257 affectedHealthcareUSNov 20, 2009JFJoseph F. Lopez, MDLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device952 affectedHealthcareUSNov 20, 2009DIDavid I. Cohen, MDLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device857 affectedHealthcareUSNov 20, 2009Health NetMissing portable drive held records of 1.5 million Health Net membersLost or stolen device1.5M affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedNov 18, 2009HSHealth Services for Children with Special NeedsLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device3,800 affectedInsuranceUSNov 17, 2009ADAlaska Department of Health and Social ServicesLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device501 affectedHealthcareUSOct 30, 2009MAMid America Kidney Stone AssociationLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device1,000 affectedHealthcareUSOct 28, 2009BABrooke Army Medical CenterLost or stolen device exposed names and health records. Reported to the HHS archive.Lost or stolen device1,000 affectedHealthcareUSOct 21, 2009Virginia Department of EducationMisplaced flash drive held data of 103,000 adult education studentsLost or stolen device103K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedOct 15, 2009BlueCross BlueShield AssociationStolen employee laptop held data on 850,000 doctorsLost or stolen device850K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedOct 6, 2009US National Archives and Records AdministrationFailed hard drive with 76 million veterans' records returned to vendorVendor breach76M affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedOct 2, 2009University of North Carolina at Chapel HillHacker breaches mammography study server with data of 236,000 womenHacking236K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedSep 25, 2009National Guard BureauContractor laptop stolen with data of 131,000 National Guard soldiersVendor breach131K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedAug 13, 2009Network SolutionsRogue code on hosted e-commerce servers compromises 573,000 card accountsHacking573K affectedTechUSUnverifiedJul 24, 2009AetnaWeb site breach may have exposed SSNs of 65,000 Aetna employeesHacking65K affectedInsuranceUSUnverifiedMay 28, 2009University of California, BerkeleyHackers breach Berkeley health services databases of 160,000 studentsHacking160K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedMay 7, 2009FCFulton County Board of Registration and ElectionsVoter cards with SSNs of 99,000 Atlanta-area voters found in trash binExposed data99K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMay 5, 2009Virginia Department of Health ProfessionsHackers demand $10 million ransom for Virginia prescription databaseExtortion530K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMay 4, 2009Oklahoma Housing Finance AgencyStolen laptop held SSNs of 225,000 Section 8 housing clientsLost or stolen device225K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedApr 29, 2009Idaho National LaboratoryDisc with data of 59,000 Idaho National Laboratory workers lost in UPS transitLost or stolen device59K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMar 7, 2009New York City Police Pension FundPension fund employee accused of stealing tapes with data of 80,000 officersInsider80K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMar 4, 2009ADArkansas Department of Information SystemsMissing vault tape held background check data of 807,000 peopleLost or stolen device807K affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedFeb 20, 2009University of FloridaForeign hacker accesses UF Grove system data on 97,200 peopleHacking97K affectedEducationUSUnverifiedFeb 19, 2009phpBBAttacker takes phpBB.com user database of 400,000 via unpatched PHPlist bugHacking400K affectedTechUSUnverifiedFeb 5, 2009Heartland Payment SystemsMalware in card processor network steals card data at huge scaleHackingFinanceUSJan 20, 2009CheckFreeHijacked CheckFree domains redirect bill payment users to malware siteHacking5.0M affectedFinanceUSUnverifiedJan 6, 2009