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Quello che segue è un elenco sicuramente parziale della mole di dati sensibili esposti a terzi in violazione della privacy, a causa di negligenze, incidenti, furti o cracking negli USA.

Nell’intero 2007 i casi accertati sono stati 329 e coinvolgono milioni di persone. Questi dati sono raccolti nell’Attrition.org Data Loss Archive and Database. L’archivio è pubblico.

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  • University Health Care (Utah) – [2008-03-13] (Stolen laptop contains 4,800 patients’ names, Social Security numbers, and health information)
  • Harvard University – [2008-03-12] (Personal information of 10,000 including 6,500 Social Security numbers possibly compromised from hack)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York – [2008-03-10] (Missing laptop contains “vital information” of an estimated 40,000)
  • MTV Networks – [2008-03-08] (External breach exposes about 5,000 names and Social Security numbers)
  • Cascade Healthcare Community – [2008-03-06] (Computer virus exposes credit card information, names, and addresses of more than 11,500)
  • Nevada Department of Public Safety – [2008-03-05] (Social Security numbers and addresses of 109 on lost thumb drive)
  • Madeley Health Centre (UK) – [2008-03-05] (Names, addresses, dates of birth and medical treatment details of 238 on stolen memory stick)
  • Kraft Foods – [2008-03-03] (Missing laptop contains names and possibly Social Security numbers of 20,000)
  • Wellesley Health Department – [2008-02-29] (Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and dates of birth for about 480 lost from open envelope)
  • Health Net Federal Services – [2008-02-27] (Social Security numbers for 103,000 posted on web)
  • Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (NC) – [2008-02-25] (400 account numbers in stolen vehicle)
  • Newfoundland Eastern School District – [2008-02-21] (Medicare numbers, names, and addresses of 28,000 students on stolen laptop)
  • Texas A&M University – [2008-02-16] (Names and Social Security numbers of 3,000 inadvertantly posted online)
  • First Magnus Financial – [2008-02-15] (Thousands of documents containing Social Security numbers, credit card information, addresses recovered from trash)
  • Crosslines Ministries of Carthage – [2008-02-15] (Social Security numbers, names, and addresses of 2,000 in stolen files)
  • Lexmark International – [2008-02-15] (Undisclosed number of names, addresses and Social Security numbers disclosed on file-sharing site)
  • Russells Hall Hospital – [2008-02-14] (Medical records of 5,123 on stolen laptop)
  • Tenet Healthcare Corporation – [2008-02-14] (Former employee convicted of identity theft had access to records of 37,000)
  • Middle Tennessee State University – [2008-02-13] (Names and Social Security numbers of about 1,500 on compromised computer)
  • Lifeblood – [2008-02-13] (Missing laptops contain personal information including dates of birth and some Social Security numbers of 321,000)
  • Long Island University – [2008-02-12] (Up to 30,000 notified about potentially compromised letters containing names and Social Security numbers)
  • Modesto California City Schools / Clovis Unified / Los Angeles Department of Water and Power – [2008-02-12] (Stolen hard drive holds names, addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers of over 15,000)
  • Jefferson County (CO) Public Schools – [2008-02-11] (Stolen computer holds names, addresses, dates of birth, and school information for up to 2,900)
  • MLSgear.com – [2008-02-08] (Names, addresses, credit and debit card information on compromised servers)
  • Memorial Hospital (South Bend, IN) – [2008-02-07] (Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and dates of birth of 4,300 on lost laptop)
  • Diocese of Providence – [2008-02-02] (Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of 5,000 on stolen computers)
  • Marine Corps Bases Japan – [2008-02-01] (Social Security numbers, names, and other information of 4,000 on stolen laptop)
  • University of Minnesota Reproductive Medicine Center – [2008-01-31] (Medical information of 3,100 on lost flash drive)
  • South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control – [2008-01-31] (About 400 names and Social Security numbers on stolen laptop)
  • Davidson Companies – [2008-01-30] (Hacked database contains names, Social Security numbers and account information for 226,000)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey – [2008-01-29] (Stolen laptop contains names and Social Security numbers of over 300,000)
  • Wake County (NC) Emergency Medical Services – [2008-01-29] (Names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 4,642 on missing laptop) [update]
  • Georgetown University – [2008-01-29] (Social Security numbers and other personal information of about 38,000 on stolen hard drive)
  • T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services – [2008-01-28] (35,000 names and Social Security numbers on stolen computers)
  • Penn State University – [2008-01-25] (Stolen laptop contains Social Security numbers of 677)
  • Fallon Community Health Plan – [2008-01-24] (Medical information and names of 29,800 on stolen laptop)
  • United Kingdom Ministry of Defence – [2008-01-18] (Stolen laptop contains passport details, National Insurance numbers, medical records of 600,000)
  • GE Money / Iron Mountain – [2008-01-17] (Credit card numbers and some Social security numbers of 650,000 on missing backup tape)
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison – [2008-01-16] (Social Security numbers of about 205 employees exposed on web)
  • Wisconsin Department of Revenue – [2008-01-15] (Social Security numbers of 5,000 on mailing labels)
  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division – [2008-01-15] (Names, Social Security numbers, and financial information found on report obtained by suspected identity thieves)
  • Tennessee Tech University – [2008-01-14] (Lost portable drive contains names and Social Security numbers of 990)
  • California State University, Stanislaus – [2008-01-12] (Credit card numbers, cardholder names and expiration dates exposed)
  • Virginia Department of Social Services – [2008-01-11] (Letters mailed to 1,500 regarding a “potential security breach”)
  • Oldham NHS Primary Care Trust – [2008-01-11] (Personal and medical information of 148 on missing “data sticks”)
  • University of Iowa – [2008-01-11] (Social Security numbers and other information for 216 exposed in Internet)
  • University of Akron – [2008-01-11] (Social Security numbers, names and addresses of 800 on missing hard drive)
  • Select Physical Therapy – [2008-01-10] (4,000 records containing Social Security numbers, credit and debit card account numbers, names, and addresses dumped)
  • University of Georgia – [2008-01-08] (Social Security numbers, names and addresses of 4,250 on hacked server)
  • Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services – [2008-01-08] (Social Security numbers of 260,000 on mailing labels)
  • Geeks.com – [2008-01-07] (Credit card numbers, names, and addresses possibly compromised on “hacker safe” web site)
  • New Mexico State University – [2008-01-05] (Employee Social Security numbers and names on missing hard drive)
  • Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation – [2008-01-04] (Social Security numbers for roughly 900 transmitted to unprotected web site)
  • Florida Department of Children and Families – [2008-01-04] (Social Security numbers, birth dates and other information for thousands on stolen laptops)
  • Health Net – [2008-01-04] (Names and Social Security numbers of about 5,000 on stolen laptop)
  • Dorothy Hains Elementary School (Georgia) – [2008-01-03] (Social Security numbers on stolen computer)
  • Workers Compensation Fund – [2008-01-02] (Social Security numbers and other personal information for about 2,800 people on stolen laptop)