Privacy Breach Analysis


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Date Reference
07/23/2010 New York Hospital Loses Data On 130,000 Via FexEx - Robert McMillan, Bloomberg Businessweek 1.95%
07/09/2010 Personal Data Accessed on Blue Cross Website - Courtney Perkes - OC Register 1.95%
07/09/2010 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - Letter of Acceptance Waiver and Consent - D.A. Davidson & Co. 1.42%
06/24/2010 AT&T Explains iPad Security Breach - Nick Bilton, NYTimes.com 1.42%
06/23/2010 Brew HaHa Breach No Laughing Matter - Databreaches 2.31%
06/15/2010 Silicon Valley Eyecare Optometry and Contact Lenses - Public Notice of a Breach, California 0.71%
06/04/2010 The J.M. Smucker Company Breach Notification - Attorney General of New Hampshire 2.66%
06/01/2010 Missing Woodbury Financial USB Contained Client Data - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 1.42%
05/21/2010 NM Human Services Department Notifying Medicaid Members About Information Security Breach - New Mexico Human Services Department 0.36%
05/20/2010 Two Data Breaches in Kentucky - Health Data Management.com 0.36%
05/19/2010 Proxima Alfa Investments Breach Notification - Attorney General of New Hampshire 1.07%
05/17/2010 Blippy and Credit Card Numbers - blippy.com 0.89%
05/14/2010 Blue Cross Mistake Releases Personal Info of 12K Members - ABC6.com 3.55%
05/11/2010 Montana Tech Takes Precautionary Measures Following Email Release of Personal Data 0.53%
05/10/2010 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Alerts Patients to Laptop Theft and Data Breach 2.31%
05/07/2010 Certegy Reaches Data Breach Settlement: Company Pays $850K for AG's Court Costs - Linda McGlasson - BankInfo Security 2.13%
05/05/2010 Open Letter to Customers of Hancock Fabrics - Hancock Fabrics.com 0.36%
05/03/2010 Affinity Health Plan Alerts Public About Potential Security Breach 3.73%
04/30/2010 Monoprice Breach Notification - Attorney General Of New Hampshire 1.60%
04/23/2010 Lam Research Corporation Breach Notification - Attorney General of New Hampshire 2.13%
04/16/2010 MyPilotStore Breach Notification - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.89%
04/09/2010 Griffin Hospital Notifies Patients of Breach of Protected Health Information - Griffinhealth.org 1.24%
03/12/2010 BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee data breach notification - Attorney General of Maryland 5.51%
02/12/2010 Highmark Tells Customers Personal Information Lost - Bill Toland, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4.26%
02/09/2010 Security Breach May Affect 77,000 Public Employees and Retirees in Alaska - Dermot Cole, newsminer.com 1.07%
02/02/2010 Lincoln Financial Notification Under N.H. Rev. Stat. 359-C.20 - Attorney General of New Hampshire 3.02%
01/27/2010 Suffolk Bancorp Thwarts Data Intrusion at Banking Subsidiary - Suffolk Bancorp 1.42%
01/05/2010 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Issues Breach Notification for Stolen Hard Drive - Personal Health Information Privacy 3.02%
12/30/2009 HSBC Notification Pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 359 - Attorney General of New Hampshire 3.91%
12/16/2009 Health Net Healthcare Data Breach Affects 1.5 million - Robert Westervelt, SearchSecurity.com 2.66%
12/01/2009 Hospital Privacy Leak Could Harm Patients - Marshall Allen, Las Vegas Sun 1.95%
11/20/2009 Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach Investigated - Mitch Wagner, InformationWeek 2.31%
09/28/2009 T. Rowe Price Services Inc. - Notification of a Data Breach - New Hampshire Attorney General 0.89%
09/18/2009 Downeast Energy Snagged by Phishing Scam - Keith Shortall, The Maine Public Broadcasting Network 1.60%
09/04/2009 Normandeau Associates, Inc. Breach Notification - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.71%
09/02/2009 Titanium Metals Corporation Breach Notification - Attorney General New Hampshire 0.71%
08/31/2009 Lockheed Martin Notification to New Hampshire Resident 2.49%
08/28/2009 Radisson Hotels and Resorts - Notification of a Security Breach 1.95%
08/20/2009 New York Life Insurance Company - Notice of a Security Breach - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 3.20%
08/14/2009 Mozilla Shuts Firefox e-Store After Security Breach - Gregg Keizer, Computerworld 2.13%
08/03/2009 Network Solutions Starts Healing Process After Data Breach - Lauren Bell, DMNews 0.71%
07/27/2009 Doctor Two Hospital Employees Plead Guilty to Violating Presslys Privacy - Arkansas Business 0.53%
07/23/2009 Experian - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of Maryland 0.71%
07/21/2009 Members Plus Credit Union - Notification of a Security Incident - Attorney General of Maryland 0.18%
07/13/2009 MoneyGram International - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of Vermont 0.18%
05/28/2009 John Hopkins Health System Breach Notification - Maryland Attorney General 0.36%
05/21/2009 California Regulators Issue First Fines Under New Medical Privacy Law - California Healthline 0.71%
05/19/2009 Experian Security Breach 0.18%
05/18/2009 Pfizer Security Breach Notification Letter To The New Hampshire Office of the Attorney General 0.71%
05/15/2009 State Farm Insurance Companies Notice of a Breach - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.36%
05/07/2009 Hackers Break into Virginia Health Professions Database, Demand Ransom - Brian Krebs - Washington Post 1.24%
04/27/2009 Experian - Notification of Security Breach - Attorney General of Maryland 0.18%
04/15/2009 Wily Weekend Worms - Twitter Blog 0.18%
03/18/2009 Shell Oil - Unauthorized Disclosure of Personal Information - Attorney General of Maryland 0.18%
03/11/2009 Google.com Privacy Blunder Shares Docs Without Permission - Software News 0.18%
03/09/2009 NYPD Faces ID Theft Risk after Data Stolen from Pension Fund - Jaikumar Vijayan - CW 0.53%
02/12/2009 Best Buy Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.18%
02/05/2009 Federal Job Database Is Breached - Joe Davidson - Washington Post 0.18%
01/22/2009 Heartland Data Breach Could Be Bigger than TJX's - Jaikumar Vijayan - Computerworld 1.24%
01/16/2009 Hackers strikes LCCC system - Lisa Robertson - The Chronicle-Telegram 0.18%
01/05/2009 Security Breach Notification - RBS WorldPay 0.18%
12/17/2008 Security Breach Notification - Hewlett Packard - Attorney General of Maryland 0.18%
12/11/2008 Fidelity Investments Breach Notification Letter - Office of the Attorney General of Maryland 0.36%
12/10/2008 Security Breach Notification - Kraft Foods - Attorney General of Maryland 0.18%
11/28/2008 Mainframe Breach At LensCrafters Parent Hits 59K - Richard Adhikari - internetnews.com 0.18%
11/18/2008 Employees Warned Of Data Breach - Tim MeKeel - Lancasteronline.com 0.89%
11/12/2008 Express Scripts Warns of Potential Large Data Breach Tied To Threat - Express Scripts 1.60%
10/24/2008 Credit Card Companies Accomplices in Millions of Identity Theft Cases Alleges Eric Drew - Eric Drew - MarketWatch 0.18%
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 0.53%
10/14/2008 Gloria Jean Coffees Breach Notification Letter- Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.18%
10/07/2008 Louisiana Blue Cross Confirms Data Breach - Kristin Gunderson Hunt - Business Insurance 0.18%
10/02/2008 Hospital Employees Post Patients' Pictures on Web site - International Herald Tribune - The Associated Press 0.18%
10/01/2008 Orbitz Breach Notification Letter - Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.36%
08/03/2008 Curves Leaves Working Computer Full Of Personal Information In An Office Dumpster - Alex Chasick- The Consumerist 0.36%
08/01/2008 Security Breach Affects Patients - Ryan Seals - News and Record 0.18%
08/01/2008 Notice of Unauthorized Disclosure of Personal Information - Huron Consulting Group - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.18%
07/31/2008 Facebook Bug Leaks Members Birthday Data - R. McMillan - PCW Business Center 0.36%
07/30/2008 AG Looking into Houston File-Dumping Case - Jeremy Desel - 11 News KHOU.com 0.18%
07/29/2008 Stolen Laptop Contains ISU Student Information - Staff Reporter - Tribune Star 0.18%
07/24/2008 Posting of Social Security Numbers Results in Suspension of 3 Workers - Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post 0.18%
07/17/2008 Apple at Fault for Major Security Breach - S. Aughton - PCPro 0.18%
07/17/2008 Notification of Information Security Incident - WilmerHale - Office of the Attorney General of New Hampshire 0.18%
06/28/2008 Retailer Ward Failed to Notify Customers of Data Breach - Red Orbit 0.71%
06/19/2008 LPL Financial Notification Of Potential Security Breach under Md. Code, Com Law 14-3504 0.53%
06/18/2008 Ebara Technologies, Inc. Employee Medical Benefit Plan Provides Notice Of A Potential Security Incident 0.18%
06/17/2008 List of Affected Customers Growing after Reports of Fraudulent Withdrawals - Troy Kehoe - WSBT TV 0.36%
06/13/2008 Data Breach At Colt Express Outsourcing Inc. - Attorney General Maryland 0.71%
06/11/2008 Quixtar Report of Security Incident to the New Hamphire Attorney General 0.36%
06/09/2008 Facebook - Security Breach Notification - Maryland Office of the Attorney General 0.18%
06/06/2008 SunGard Availability Services - Notice of a Security Incident - Attorney General of Maryland 0.36%
05/30/2008 Stolen Data Ending Up In Google Cache, Say Researchers - Robert Westervelt - SearchSecurity.com 0.18%
05/14/2008 Another Laptop Stolen from Pfizer, Employee Information Compromised - Lee Howard - theday.com 0.18%
05/13/2008 Statement from Dave and Busters - PRNewswire 0.36%
05/09/2008 Day Care Leaves Behind Personal Files - Catharyn Campbell - WSMV Nashville 0.71%
04/30/2008 Security Breach Notification - Recent Adobe Systems Incorporated Data Breach 0.36%
03/17/2008 Hannaford Reports Security Breach 0.89%
02/01/2005 ChoicePoint Under Pressure in Huge Consumer Data Breach - Identity Theft 911 - Farmers' Insurance Group 0.18%

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