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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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LIST TOPPERS
The following are the lists of the top data breaches of 2007 within each of the major verticals.
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High Education
Community College of South Nevada197,000Malware data leak
Stony Brook University90,000Erroneous Web post
East Carolina University65,000Network security lapse
University of California, San Francisco46,000External hacker breach
University of Colorado at Boulder, College
of Arts and Sciences
44,998External hacker breach
University of Missouri22,396External hacker breach
City University of New York20,000Stolen laptop(s)
University of Nevada, Reno16,000Lost storage media
Ohio State University14,000External hacker breach
City College of San Francisco11,000Erroneous Web post
 
Secondary Education
Chicago Public Schools/McGladrey & Pullen40,000Stolen laptop(s)
Waco (Texas) Independent School District17,400External hacker breach
University of Michigan Clinics8,585Missing computer/laptop
Indianapolis Public Schools7,500Erroneous Web post
Tennessee Students5,247Erroneous Web post
Springfield (Ohio) City Schools2,000Stolen laptop(s)
Jackson (Ohio) Local Schools1,800Erroneous Web post
Cedarburg (Wisconsin) High School900External hacker breach
Clarksville-Montgomery County
(Tennessee) Schools
633Erroneous Web post
Greenville County (S.C.) School District500Malware Data Leak
 
Retail
TJX94,000,000External hacker breach
Gap800,000Stolen laptop(s)
Neiman Marcus Group160,000Stolen computer(s)
Gander Mountain Company112,000Stolen computer(s)
Milwaukee PC65,000Erroneous Web post
Johnny's Selected Seeds11,500External hacker breach
The Home Depot10,000Stolen laptop(s)
Voxant4,500External hacker breach
KimsCrafts4,500External hacker breach
eBay1,200External hacker breach
Source: Identity Theft Resource Center
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