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2007: A Year of Record Data Breaches



By Baselinemag

  Table of Contents:
  1. 2007: A Year of Record Data Breaches
  2. Chief Cause of Data Breaches
  3. List Toppers of Data Breaches 1
  4. List Toppers of Data Breaches 2
  5. List Toppers of Data Breaches 3
  6. Weak Sector Security

See the data behind the substantial rise in identity theft and data breaches from 2007—a record year.

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2007: A Year of Record Data Breaches - List Toppers of Data Breaches 2


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LIST TOPPERS
The following are the lists of the top data breaches of 2007 within each of the major verticals.
credit
Financial Services
Fidelity National Information Services/
Certegy Check
8,500,000Internal data theft (digital)
Money Gram International79,000External hacker breach
MoneyGram79,000External hacker breach
JPMorgan/Chase47,000Lost storage media
Merrill Lynch33,000Stolen computer(s)
Western Union20,000External hacker breach
New Horizons Community Credit Union9,000Stolen laptop(s)
Jax Federal Credit Union7,500Unsecure data transfer
ABN Amro Mortgage Group/Citigroup5,208Erroneous Web post
American Education Services 5,184Stolen laptop(s)
 
Health Care
Memorial Blood Centers268,000Stolen laptop(s)
St. Mary's Hospital135,000Stolen laptop(s)
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Center of NY100,000External hacker breach
Pathology Group of the Mid-South75,000Stolen computer(s)
TennCare/AmeriChoice67,000Lost storage media
Johns Hopkins Hospital52,000Lost storage media
St. Vincent Hospital/Verus51,000Network security lapse
Sutter Lakeside Hospital45,000Missing computer/laptop
West Penn Allegheny Health System42,000Stolen laptop(s)
Group Health Cooperative Health
Care Systems
31,000Missing computer/laptop
 
BUSINESS AND CONSUMER SERVICES
Dai Nippon Printing Company8,637,405Internal data theft (digital)
Administaff159,000Missing computer/laptop
Securitas Security Services100,000Stolen Computer(s)
Tax Service Plus4000Stolen Computer(s)
CTS Tax Services800Stolen Computer(s)
 
Technology & Telecommunications
SAIC867,000Unsecure data transfer
Kingston Technology27,000External hacker breach
ADC Telecommunications2,600Stolen computer(s)
Mercury Interactive (HP)1,425Missing/lost laptop
Palm679External hacker breach
Source: Identity Theft Resource Center
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