Database Security
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The list on this page lists some notable publicly disclosed database breaches.
University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center
Records: 3000030,000 patient personal information on a database server were accessed by a hacker. The information includes patients' names, birth dates and diagnosis and treatment dates
Source:www.mercurynews.com
LexisNexis
Records: 13000An organized-crime family may have gained access to some of the sensitive consumer databases. The personal information of more than 13,000 consumers might have been compromised.
Source:www.pcworld.com
AT&T
Records: 2100A temporary employee for AT&T stole personal information on 2,100 co-workers. The information includes social security numbers, and birth dates.
Source:www.chicagobreakingnews.com
Alberta Health Services Edmonton
Records: 11582Personal health information of 11,582 was compromised by a computer virus on the network.
Source:www.cbc.ca
American Express (Technologies)
Records: N/ADBA stole thousands of American Express card numbers, created bogus cards, and swindled more than a million dollars from customers.
Source:www.kpho.com
Sutter Health
Records: 6000The names and SSNs of 6,000 Sutter Health employees stored on a laptop got compromised.
Source:www.news10.net
University of Alberta Hospital
Records: 250000Two laptops containing 250,000 patients private information were stolen.
Source:www.edmontonjournal.com
Florida Department of Revenue
Records: 2828The personal information including name, address, and SSN of 2,828 people was compromised via a stolen flash.
Source:www.gainesville.com
Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc
Records: N/AUnauthorized database access by a former employee exposes names, addresses, and social security numbers of past and present employees
Source:doj.nh.gov
JFY Networks
Records: N/AUnauthorized access by a hacker through a website exposes names, mailing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers of the the job training and education program applicants
Source:doj.nh.gov
Virginia Department of Health Professions
Records: 531400A prescription drug database was hacked on April 30th. About 531,400 people's social security numbers may have been compromised.
Source:hamptonroads.com
Aetna Inc.
Records: 6500065,000 former and current employees names, security numbers, and contact information got exposed to the website.
Source:www.wtop.com
Indiana Department of Workforce Development
Records: 4500Accidental disclosure of 4,500 people's Social Security number to the incorrect employers. About 1,200 companies received incorrect statements.
Source:www.thetimesonline.com
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Records: 28000Due to a clerical error possibly sending their Social Security numbers to employers whom they did not work for, 28,000 people's personal information may have been compromised
Source:www.nj.com
University of California Berkeley
Records: 160000160,000 Social Security numbers and other identification had been hacked from restricted university health services databases. of which 97,000 had their Social Security numbers illegally accessed
Source:www.berkeleydailyplanet.com
Kapiolani Community College
Records: 15487The personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and social security numbers of 15,487 students was exposed through a computer infected with malware that can steal sensitive data.
Source:www.kitv.com
LexisNexis
Records: 32000A breach of database resulted in 32,000 people's personal information including names, birth dates, and socail security numbers accessed by unauthorized individuals. The 300 people had personal information used fraudulently
Source:www.siliconvalley.com
Fox Entertainment Group
Records: N/AThe personal information of unknown number of employees, including names, social security number, compensation information was accessed by an unauthorized employee.
Source:www.techcrunch.com
Policy Studies, Inc
Records: 1600A former contractor stole 1,600 names, social security numbers, bank accounts from a database filled with personal identification information.
Source:www.tennessean.com
Massey University
Records: 200The personal information of 200 students, including ID numbers, names, dates of birth, IRD numbers, transcripts, and contact addresses and phone numbers, was exposed on the intranet
Source:www.odt.co.nz
Central Ohio Transit Authority
Records: 900The names and security numbers of more than 900 current and former COTA employees were sent to 51 companies proposing to bid on providing long term disability insurance to COTA
Source:www.dispatch.com
Shell Oil
Records: 5900The hackers obtained 5900 customer information contained in online application forms for Shell Fuel Card, including names, address details, email addresses, and bank account details.
Source:www.nzherald.co.nz
Pentel of America Ltd
Records: 2076Between 12/11/2008 and 1/20/2009, hacker(s) gained unauthorized access to the online database and accessed certain customer data, including name, billing address, email address, billing phone number, credit card number, expiration date and CV2 credit card security code.
Source:doj.nh.gov
Coleman for Senate
Records: 4716A database of donors' information exposed from a publically accessible and unprotected directory.
Source:minnesotaindependent.com
University of Florida
Records: 97200An outside hacker gained access to a school computer system containing the personal information with social security numbers for more than 97,200 students, faculty and staff
Source:www.gainesville.com
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Records: N/AAn employee stole patients' information to create fake credit card accounts for goods and loans
Source:www.citypaper.com
University of Alabama
Records: 37000Hackers tapped 17 out of 400 databases containing personal information including names, addresses, birthdates, and security numbers
Source:www.abc3340.com
Pepsi Bottling Group
Records: 1398A portable data storage device, which contained personal information, including the names and Social Security numbers of employees in the US is missing.
Source:www.oag.state.md.us
Merrill Lynch
Records: N/AA third-party consulting services firm working on behalf of Merrill Lynch reported, one of their employees was burglarized. The burglars took various items, including a computer, which had the names and Social Security numbers of current and former Financial Advisors and some applicants for employment who are residents of the state of New Hampshire.
Source:doj.nh.gov
New Hampshire's Lakes Region General Hospital
Records: 1500Missing package contains personal information of 1500 patients. UPS recently shipped the parcel from a Woburn, Mass. central processing agent to the hospital, but the package never arrived. Information contained in the package includes patient names, possible Social Security numbers, dates of service and diagnosis code numbers for different diagnosis or medical procedures.
Source:www.unionleader.com
Ohio State University
Records: 18000Ohio State University has notified 18,000 current and former students that their personel information was erroneously posted on an internet server. The information included student names, addresses, Social security numbers and coverage dates for those who enrolled in the health insurance from autumn 2005 through summer 2006.
Source:www.studentlife.osu.edu
FEMA
Records: 16857An unauthorized breach of Katrina evacuees' private information. The information posted on two privately owned websites contained a spreadsheet with 16,857 lines of data that included applicant names, social security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses and other disaster information regarding disaster applicants from Hurricane Katrina who had evacuated to Texas
Source:www.fema.gov
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