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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: 30000
30,000 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: 13000
An 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: 2100
A 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: 11582
Personal health information of 11,582 was compromised by a computer virus on the network.

Source:www.cbc.ca

American Express (Technologies)

Records: N/A
DBA 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: 6000
The names and SSNs of 6,000 Sutter Health employees stored on a laptop got compromised.

Source:www.news10.net

University of Alberta Hospital

Records: 250000
Two laptops containing 250,000 patients private information were stolen.

Source:www.edmontonjournal.com

Florida Department of Revenue

Records: 2828
The 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/A
Unauthorized 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/A
Unauthorized 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: 531400
A 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: 65000
65,000 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: 4500
Accidental 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: 28000
Due 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: 160000
160,000 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: 15487
The 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: 32000
A 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/A
The 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: 1600
A 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: 200
The 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: 900
The 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: 5900
The 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: 2076
Between 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: 4716
A database of donors' information exposed from a publically accessible and unprotected directory.

Source:minnesotaindependent.com

University of Florida

Records: 97200
An 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/A
An employee stole patients' information to create fake credit card accounts for goods and loans

Source:www.citypaper.com

University of Alabama

Records: 37000
Hackers tapped 17 out of 400 databases containing personal information including names, addresses, birthdates, and security numbers

Source:www.abc3340.com

Pepsi Bottling Group

Records: 1398
A 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/A
A 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: 1500
Missing 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: 18000
Ohio 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: 16857
An 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