Monday, January 14, 2008

Top 10 Data Breaches of 2007

2007 was a year were several information records were broken for quantities of private information being leaked or hacked...
The Chief Security Officer - CSO magazine top 10 are:
1. TJX Credit cards
Victims: Millions of bargain shoppers worldwide
2. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs -- One Regrets the Error
Victims: 25 million
3. TSA, 2 of 2 - Thieves stole a computer hard drive
Victims: 100,000
4. The Nature Conservancy and Recycled Data
Victims: 14,000
5. Swedish Urology Group - Doctors lost 3 drives containing patients personal info
Victims: "Hundreds"
6. Shaw’s Supermarket -- Passwords
Victims: 472 store employees
7. TSA 1 of 2 Doing DHS Proud!
Victims: 3,930
8. Indianapolis Power and Light
Victims: 3,000
9. Commerce Bank of Wichita, Kansas
Victims: 20
10. Monster.com -- CISO looking for New Job
Victims: 1.3 million

Full details are here.... CSO site

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