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A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident

Sweet.

Hat-tip to Bruce Schneier for pointing this out.

Via The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

The data breaches noted [...] have been reported because the personal information compromised includes data elements useful to identity thieves, such as Social Security numbers, account numbers, and driver's license numbers. A few breaches that do NOT expose such sensitive information have been included in order to underscore the variety and frequency of data breaches. However, we have not included the number of records involved in such breaches in the total because we want this compilation to reflect breaches that expose individuals to identity theft as well as breaches that qualify for disclosure under state laws.

The running total we maintain at the end of the Chronology represents the approximate number of *records* that have been compromised due to security breaches, not necessarily the number of *individuals* affected. Some individuals may be the victims of more than one breach, which would affect the totals.

posted by Fergie @ 7/07/2006 11:35:00 AM