Privacy Breach Analysis


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Date Reference
02/12/2010 Highmark Tells Customers Personal Information Lost - Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2.25%
02/09/2010 Security Breach May Affect 77,000 Public Employees and Retirees in Alaska - Dermot Cole, newsminer.com 0.66%
02/02/2010 Lincoln Financial Notification Under N.H. Rev. Stat. 359-C.20 - Attorney General of New Hampshire 1.32%
01/27/2010 Suffolk Bancorp Thwarts Data Intrusion at Banking Subsidiary - Suffolk Bancorp 0.93%
01/05/2010 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Issues Breach Notification for Stolen Hard Drive - Personal Health Information Privacy 2.12%
12/30/2009 HSBC Notification Pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 359 - Attorney General of New Hampshire 2.78%
12/16/2009 Health Net Healthcare Data Breach Affects 1.5 million - Robert Westervelt, SearchSecurity.com 1.98%
12/01/2009 Hospital Privacy Leak Could Harm Patients - Marshall Allen, Las Vegas Sun 1.32%
11/20/2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach Investigated - Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek 1.59%
09/28/2009 T. Rowe Price Services Inc. - Notification of a Data Breach - New Hampshire Attorney General 0.66%
09/18/2009 Downeast Energy Snagged by Phishing Scam - Keith Shortall, The Maine Public Broadcasting Network 1.19%
09/04/2009 Normandeau Associates, Inc. Breach Notification - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.40%
09/02/2009 Titanium Metals Corporation Breach Notification - Attorney General New Hampshire 0.53%
08/31/2009 Lockheed Martin Notification to New Hampshire Resident 1.85%
08/28/2009 Radisson Hotels and Resorts - Notification of a Security Breach 1.46%
08/20/2009 New York Life Insurance Company - Notice of a Security Breach - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 2.25%
08/14/2009 Mozilla Shuts Firefox e-Store After Security Breach - Gregg Keizer, Computerworld 1.59%
08/03/2009 Network Solutions Starts Healing Process After Data Breach - Lauren Bell, DMNews 0.53%
07/27/2009 Doctor Two Hospital Employees Plead Guilty to Violating Presslys Privacy - Arkansas Business 0.79%
07/23/2009 Experian - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of Maryland 1.72%
07/22/2009 California Department of Public Health Issues $187,500 Administrative Penalty to Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Hospital In Los Angeles County - California Department of Public Health 0.13%
07/21/2009 Members Plus Credit Union - Notification of a Security Incident - Attorney General of Maryland 0.40%
07/13/2009 MoneyGram International - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of Vermont 1.59%
06/26/2009 Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc. - Notification of a Security Breach - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.93%
06/23/2009 JFY Networks - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.26%
06/12/2009 Printing Glitch Leads to Breach - Betty Adams - Kennebec Journal 0.26%
06/08/2009 Batteries.com - Notification Of A Security Incident - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.13%
06/08/2009 Key West Rehab Center Cited For HIPAA Violation - Advance For Health Information Professionals 0.79%
06/04/2009 Aviva - Notification of Data Security Breach Incident - New Hampshire Attorney General 0.53%
06/02/2009 Block Put On Hundreds Of Winthrop Debit Cards - WBZ 0.26%
06/01/2009 Aetna Site Hacked, 65000 to Receive Credit Monitoring - Tom Murphy - Chicago Tribune 2.25%
05/29/2009 Health Dialog - Notice of a Security Incident - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.79%
05/28/2009 John Hopkins Health System Breach Notification - Maryland Attorney General 0.66%
05/28/2009 Man: Toyota Gave Personal Info to Stranger - Eyewitness News 1.32%
05/26/2009 Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. Breach Notification - Attorney General of Maryland 1.06%
05/22/2009 Travel CLICK Inc. Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of Maryland 0.79%
05/21/2009 California Regulators Issue First Fines Under New Medical Privacy Law - California Healthline 2.65%
05/20/2009 Breach Notification by The National Center for Children and Families - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 1.32%
05/19/2009 Experian Security Breach 1.85%
05/18/2009 Pfizer Security Breach Notification Letter To The New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General 2.12%
05/15/2009 Continental Airlines Security Breach Notification Letter To The Maryland Office of the Attorney General 1.06%
05/15/2009 State Farm Insurance Companies Notice of a Breach - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 1.72%
05/14/2009 Penton Media Security Breach Notification Letter To The Office Of The Attorney General Of Maryland 0.93%
05/11/2009 WaMu Letter to Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.40%
05/08/2009 LexisNexis Says Its Data Was Used By Fraudsters - Robert McMilliian, Computerworld 0.40%
05/07/2009 Hackers Break into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom - Brian Krebs - Washington Post 3.31%
04/27/2009 Experian - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
04/15/2009 Wily Weekend Worms - Twitter Blog 0.93%
03/25/2009 LifeWatch - Legal Notice of Information Security Breach - New Hampshire Attorney General 0.66%
03/20/2009 ATM Malware Appears, Diebold Issues Security Update - Dan Kaplan - SC Magazine 0.53%
03/20/2009 Board Seeks To Revoke License After Broker Dumped Client Files - Jeff Overley - The Orange County Register 1.85%
03/18/2009 Shell Oil - Unauthorized Disclosure of Personal Information - Attorney General of Maryland 1.72%
03/16/2009 Pentel Legal Notice of Potential Data Security Breach - New Hampshire Attorney General 1.06%
03/13/2009 Sprint: Employee Stole Customer Data - Brian Krebs - The Washington Post 1.59%
03/12/2009 Couple Fed Up Over Medical Fax Flap - Laura Kadechka - 10 Connects 0.79%
03/11/2009 Google.com Privacy Blunder Shares Docs Without Permission - Software News 1.19%
03/09/2009 NYPD Faces ID Theft Risk after Data Stolen from Pension Fund - Jaikumar Vijayan - CW 1.19%
02/27/2009 Just Weeks After Heartland Breach Another Payment Processor Said To Be Hit - Jaikumar Vijayan - Computerworld 0.40%
02/12/2009 Best Buy Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of New Hampshire 1.98%
02/10/2009 Hacker Lays Claim To Breaches of Two Security Vendors' Websites - Tim Wilson - Dark Reading 0.53%
02/05/2009 Federal Job Database Is Breached - Joe Davidson - Washington Post 0.26%
01/29/2009 Monster.com Reports Theft of User Data - Nancy Gohring - PC World 0.13%
01/22/2009 Heartland Data Breach Could Be Bigger than TJX's - Jaikumar Vijayan - Computerworld 1.85%
01/21/2009 Highmark Inc. Breach Notification - Maryland Attorney General 0.26%
01/19/2009 TierraNet Security Breach Notification - Maryland Attorney General 0.13%
01/19/2009 UNCG Discovers Security Breach-Employees Being Notified - Steve Gilliam - University Relations 0.26%
01/16/2009 Hackers strikes LCCC system - Lisa Robertson - The Chronicle-Telegram 0.53%
01/14/2009 Security Breach - Monday Morning Madness - Twitter Blog 0.79%
01/13/2009 Vonage Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.26%
01/05/2009 Security Breach Notification - RBS WorldPay 0.53%
12/30/2008 Unshredded Paperwork from Lawton Business Found Lining Fence - kswo.com 0.26%
12/22/2008 Digging Deeper Into the CheckFree Attack - Brian Krebs - washingtonpost.com 0.13%
12/19/2008 GMAC Mortgage Breach Notification - Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
12/17/2008 Security Breach Notification - Hewlett Packard - Attorney General of Maryland 0.40%
12/17/2008 Thousands Affected In Dealership Data Theft - Clynton Namuo - New Hampshire Union Leader 0.26%
12/16/2008 Security Breach Notification - Symantec - Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
12/12/2008 MasTec Employee Arrested - Employees Notified of Data Theft - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
12/11/2008 Legal Notice of Security Breach: Nielsen Company - Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
12/11/2008 Security Breach Notification: National Association of Chain Drug Stores - Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
12/11/2008 Fidelity Investments Breach Notification Letter - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.26%
12/11/2008 Security Breach Notification - Howland Capital Management - Attorney General of Maryland 0.26%
12/10/2008 Security Breach Notification - Kraft Foods - Attorney General of Maryland 0.40%
12/10/2008 Wells Real Estate Funds Breach Notification Letter - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
12/10/2008 Koobface Worm Hits Facebook - Christopher Nickson - Digital Trends 0.13%
11/28/2008 Mainframe Breach At LensCrafters Parent Hits 59K - Richard Adhikari - internetnews.com 0.26%
11/28/2008 Thousands At Risk After Hacker Breaches Computer Mainframe - Eric Flack - WLWT.com 0.13%
11/25/2008 Starbucks Sends Internal Memo Regarding Laptop Theft - Laptop Theft Resources 0.26%
11/25/2008 Data Breach Puts 333,000 Dental Patients' Records at Risk - Jaikumar Vijayan and Gregg Keizer - IT business.ca 0.13%
11/24/2008 Verizon Fires Employees For Obama Cell Phone Breach - Stefanie Hoffman - ChannelWeb 0.13%
11/18/2008 UI Hospital Fires 1, Suspends 7 for Privacy Breach - Associated Press 0.13%
11/18/2008 Employees Warned Of Data Breach - Tim MeKeel - Lancasteronline.com 0.79%
11/12/2008 Express Scripts Warns of Potential Large Data Breach Tied To Threat - Express Scripts 1.59%
11/07/2008 HLS loses sensitive data of 20,000 legal services center clients - Andrew Kalloch, Harvard Law Record 0.13%
11/07/2008 HealthTexas Provider Network, Part of Baylor Health Care System, Notifies Patients of Laptop Theft - Baylor Health Care System 0.13%
11/05/2008 Shell fingers IT contractor in theft of employee data - Robert McMillan, Computerworld 0.40%
11/04/2008 AmeriCredit Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.13%
10/24/2008 Credit Card Companies Accomplices in Millions of Identity Theft Cases Alleges Eric Drew - Eric Drew - MarketWatch 0.53%
10/21/2008 Attorney General Wins Stronger Identity Theft Protection For 6,500 Bristol Myers Squib Employees, Ex-Employees In Connecticut - Connecticut Attorney General's Office Press Release 0.66%
10/20/2008 World Bank Servers Breached Repeatedly - Jaikumar Vijayan - Computerworld 0.53%
10/17/2008 Verizon Exposes the Wrong 1200 E-mail Addresses - Paul McNamara - Network World 0.13%
10/14/2008 Gloria Jean Coffees Breach Notification Letter- Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.53%
10/08/2008 Data Breach - How and When to Say "We Screwed Up" - Casey Mayville, Government Technology 0.40%
10/07/2008 Louisiana Blue Cross Confirms Data Breach - Kristin Gunderson Hunt - Business Insurance 0.26%
10/07/2008 Hackers hit UIndy computers; personal data of 11,000 compromised - Erika D. Smith - Indystar.com 0.26%
10/02/2008 Human Error To Blame For Grady Data Breach - Craig Schneider - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 0.26%
10/02/2008 Hospital Employees Post Patients' Pictures on Web site - International Herald Tribune - The Associated Press 0.13%
10/01/2008 Orbitz Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.26%
09/29/2008 CALL FOR ACTION INVESTIGATION: Your personal information for sale on eBay 0.13%
09/19/2008 Mortgage Firm Countrywide, in Response to Alleged Data Breach, Offers Free Credit Monitoring - E.S. Reckard - LATimes 0.26%
09/19/2008 American Express Company - Breach Notification Letter 0.13%
09/18/2008 Flash Drive Containing TSU Student Data Reported Missing - NewsChannel5.com 0.26%
09/18/2008 College Board Notification Letter - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.26%
09/17/2008 COIL Security Breach Notification - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
09/16/2008 CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield - Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of Maryland 0.13%
09/03/2008 Suspected Merchant Data Breach Spurs WashTrust To Notify 1,000 Card-Holders - William Hamilton, Providence Business News 0.13%
09/03/2008 Computer Error Puts Some Personal Data Online - Robert Travis Scott, The Times Picayune 0.13%
08/27/2008 Database Security Breached - Jon Craig - the Cincinnati Enquirer 0.13%
08/26/2008 Welfare Renewals Take a Wrong Turn - J. Murphy - Patriot News 0.13%
08/22/2008 Cost Plus Reports Breach In Security - Penni Crabtree - SignOnSanDiego.com By The Union-Tribune 0.26%
08/22/2008 Nye Lubricants Data Breach Notification Letter To The Attorney General Of New Hampshire 0.13%
08/20/2008 Tape With Bank Records "Lost" - Richard Reeder - Cody Enterprise Newspaper 0.13%
08/13/2008 Hundreds of Check Stubs Found with Names and Social Security numbers at Greenacres Gas Station - Kara Kostanich - CBS News 0.13%
08/11/2008 Some Stores Quiet Over Card Breach - J. Pereira et al - The Wall Street Journal 0.13%
08/04/2008 Security Oversight May Have Enabled Countrywide Breach - Nancy Gohring - Computerworld Security 0.13%
08/03/2008 Curves Leaves Working Computer Full Of Personal Information In An Office Dumpster - Alex Chasick- The Consumerist 0.40%
08/01/2008 Security Breach Affects Patients - Ryan Seals - News and Record 0.40%
08/01/2008 Notice of Unauthorized Disclosure of Personal Information - Huron Consulting Group - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.26%
08/01/2008 Notice of Information Security Breach - Bristol-Myers Squibb Company - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.13%
07/31/2008 Facebook Bug Leaks Members Birthday Data - R. McMillan - PCW Business Center 0.26%
07/30/2008 AG Looking into Houston File-Dumping Case - Jeremy Desel - 11 News KHOU.com 0.26%
07/29/2008 Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing - B. Krebs - Washington Post 0.13%
07/29/2008 California State Worker Probed in ID Security Breach - Andrew McIntosh - sacbee.com 0.26%
07/29/2008 Stolen Laptop Contains ISU Student Information - Staff Reporter - Tribune Star 0.13%
07/24/2008 Posting of Social Security Numbers Results in Suspension of 3 Workers - Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post 0.13%
07/17/2008 Apple at Fault for Major Security Breach - S. Aughton - PCPro 0.13%
07/17/2008 Notification of Information Security Incident - WilmerHale - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.40%
07/08/2008 U.S. Foodservice Inc. Security Breach Notification - Department of Justice - New Hampshire 0.13%
07/03/2008 Nevada Court Says Jury IDs Compromised - Las Vegas Press 0.13%
07/03/2008 Trio Jailed In U. Hospital Med Records Theft, But I.D. Data Thought Safe - Heather May - The Salt Lake Tribune 0.26%
07/02/2008 Freedom Credit Union Warns Customers of Data Breach - Jim Kinney - Republican Newsroom 0.13%
07/01/2008 Citibank ATM Breach Reveals PIN Security Problems - The Associated Press - nytimes.com 0.13%
06/28/2008 Retailer Ward Failed to Notify Customers of Data Breach - Red Orbit 0.53%
06/26/2008 Workers' Data Stolen from DPS-contracted Company - Austin News - KXAN.com 0.13%
06/19/2008 LPL Financial Notification Of Potential Security Breach under Md. Code, Com Law 14-3504 0.13%
06/18/2008 Ebara Technologies, Inc. Employee Medical Benefit Plan Provides Notice Of A Potential Security Incident 0.26%
06/17/2008 List of Affected Customers Growing after Reports of Fraudulent Withdrawals - Troy Kehoe - WSBT TV 0.13%
06/13/2008 Data Breach At Colt Express Outsourcing Inc. - Attorney General Maryland 0.40%
06/11/2008 Quixtar Report of Security Incident to the New Hamphire Attorney General 0.13%
06/09/2008 Facebook - Security Breach Notification - Maryland Office of the Attorney General 0.26%
06/06/2008 SunGard Availability Services - Notice of a Security Incident - Attorney General of Maryland 0.26%
06/05/2008 Latest 'lost' laptop holds treasure-trove of unencypted AT&T payroll data - Paul McNamara, networkworld.com 0.13%
06/03/2008 Indiana Bank's Debit Card Breach Underscores Issuer Vulnerability - Digital Transactions News 0.13%
05/30/2008 Exeter Trust Company - Notification of Information Security Incident - Maryland Office of the Attorney General 0.40%
05/30/2008 Stolen Data Ending Up In Google Cache, Say Researchers - Robert Westervelt - SearchSecurity.com 0.26%
05/29/2008 London Properties says Dumping Files a "Mistake" - Christine Park - abc30.com 0.13%
05/27/2008 Axcess Financial Laptop Stolen In October, But Customers Not Notified Until May (Update 1) - Privacy News, pogowasright.com 0.13%
05/21/2008 Bank of N.Y. Works with Connecticut on Security Breach - Associated Press 0.26%
05/16/2008 Customers Notified After Wells Fargo Employee Misuses a Customers Information - New Hampshire Attorney General 0.13%
05/14/2008 Photobucket Requests Password Change After Security Issue - Chloe Albanesius - AppScout 0.13%
05/14/2008 Another Laptop Stolen from Pfizer, Employee Information Compromised - Lee Howard - theday.com 0.26%
05/13/2008 More Tied to UCLA Snooping - Charles Ornstein - Los Angeles Times 0.13%
05/13/2008 Statement from Dave and Busters - PRNewswire 0.13%
05/09/2008 Day Care Leaves Behind Personal Files - Catharyn Campbell - WSMV Nashville 0.13%
04/30/2008 Security Breach Notification - Recent Adobe Systems Incorporated Data Breach 0.40%
04/30/2008 Saks Fifth Avenue Information Security Notification - Department of Justice - New Hampshire 0.13%
03/17/2008 Hannaford Reports Security Breach 0.93%
08/24/2007 Monster.com took 5 days to disclose data theft - Reuters UK 0.13%
02/01/2005 ChoicePoint Under Pressure in Huge Consumer Data Breach - Identity Theft 911 - Farmers' Insurance Group 0.79%

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