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Data losses in the USA since 2005
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Date Made Public
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Company (Location)
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Type of Breach
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Number of Records Lost
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Feb. 25 , 2005
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Bank of America, (Charlotte, NC)
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Lost backup tape
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1,200,000
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April 20, 2005
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Ameritrade, (Bellevue, NE)
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Lost backup tape
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200,000
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April 28, 2005
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Wachovia,
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Dishonest insiders
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676,000
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May 2, 2005
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Time Warner, (New York, NY)
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Lost backup tapes
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600,000
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June 6, 2005
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CitiFinancial
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Lost backup tapes
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3,900,000
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June 10, 2005
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Fed. Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
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Not disclosed
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6,000
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July 6, 2005
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City National Bank
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Lost backup tapes
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Unknown
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Oct. 21, 2005
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Wilcox Memorial Hospital, Hawaii
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Lost backup tape
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130,000
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Dec. 16, 2005
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La Salle Bank, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group
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Lost backup tapes
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2,000,000
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Jan. 25, 2006
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Providence Home Services (Portland, OR)
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Stolen Backup Tapes
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365,000
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April 1, 2006
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Con Edison (New York)
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Lost Backup Tape
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15,000
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April 27 2006
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MasterCard, (Potentially UK Only)
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Unknown Loss
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2,000
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April 27 2006
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Long Island Rail Road (Jamaica, NY)
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Lost Data Tapes
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17,000
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June 16 2006
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NY State Controller's Office (albany, NY)
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Lots Backup Tape
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1,300
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June 29, 2006
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Minnesota Dept. of Revenue (St. Paul, MN)
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Lost Backup Tape
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50,400
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July 5, 2006
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Bisys Group Inc. (Roseland, NJ)
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Lost Backup Tape
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61,000
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July 18, 2006
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Nelnet Inc. (Lincoln, NE)
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Lots Backup Tape
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188,000
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July 25, 2006
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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Lost Backup Tape
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13,700
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Aug. 18, 2006
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Calif. Dept. of Mental Health
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Lost Backup Tape
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9,468
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Sept. 7, 2006
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Circuit City and Chase Card Services, a division of JP Morgan Chase & Co. (Wilmington, DE)
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Discarded Backup Tapes
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2600000
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Oct. 15, 2006
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Poulsbo Department of Licensing
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Unknown Loss
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2,200
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Jan. 26, 2007
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WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (Virginia)
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Stolen Backup Tapes
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196,000
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Mar. 30, 2007
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Univ. of Montana - Western (Dillon, MT)
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Stolen Backup Tapes
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400
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Apr. 6, 2007
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Hortica (Edwardsville, IL)
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Lost Backup Tape
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Unknown
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May 1, 2007
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J. P. Morgan (Chicago, IL)
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Lost Backup Tape
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47,000
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May 15, 2007
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IBM (Armonk, NY)
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Lost Backup Tape
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Unknown
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June 15, 2007
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Ohio state workers (Columbus, OH)
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Stolen Backup Device
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500,000
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July 9, 2007
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Girl Scouts (Denver, CO)
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Stolen Backup Tapes
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Unknown
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July 16, 2007
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TSA (Arlington, VA)
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Lost Storage Device
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100,000
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Sept. 19, 2007
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University of Michigan School of Nursing (Ann Arbor, MI)
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Lost Backup Tape
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8,585
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Sept. 20, 2007
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State of Connecticut/Accenture Ltd. (Hartford, CT)
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Stolen Backup Tape
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58
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Oct. 30, 2007
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Hartford Financial Services Group (Hartford, CT/OH)
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Lost Backup Tapes
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230,000
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Dec. 20, 2007
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Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (Manhattan, NY)
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Lost Backup Tapes
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800
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Mar. 26, 2008
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BNY Mellon Shareowner Services (Pittsburgh, PA)
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Lost Backup Tapes
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3,500
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April 17, 2008
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University of Miami (Miami, FL)
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Stolen Computer Tapes
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2,100,000
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May 7, 2008
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SAIC
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Lost Backup Tapes
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4,690
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Feb 2008
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Bank of New York Mellon
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Lost Backup Tapes
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4,500,000
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Total Number of Records Lost to Date
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19,723,411
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