Incident Highlight - Data Loss Mail List is Moving!
The Data Loss Mail List, which is currently hosted by Attrition.org, will be down on Sunday, September 7 from 7am EDT until 7pm EDT.
During this time, we will be moving the list to be hosted by DataLossDB.org. There will be no need to unsubscribe or resubscribe to the list, but the email address to send posts and replies to the list will change to:
dataloss@datalossdb.orgWe appreciate everyone's patience and support during this transition. If anyone has questions about the transition, please email me at:
Data Loss is a not-for-profit mail list that covers topics such as news releases regarding large-scale personal data loss and personal data theft incidents.
Discussion about incidents, indictments, legislation, and recovery of lost or stolen personal data is encouraged.
Posts and replies containing endorsements for commercial products and/or services, on or off list, are strongly discouraged by list moderators.
Currently, mail list traffic is considered low to moderate, depending on current events. Archives can be found here.
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About OSF Data Loss
DataLossDB, formerly the Attrition.org Data Loss Database Open Source, is an research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide. The effort is now a community one, with the move to OSF, and relies on the contributions of users like you to grow and prune the database.
Latest Incidents
| records | date | organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 11,000,000 | 2008-09-06 | GS Caltex |
| 163 | 2008-09-05 | East Burke (Morganton, NC) High School |
| 245 | 2008-09-02 | Clarkson University |
| 4,259 | 2008-08-28 | Reynoldsburg (Ohio) City School District |
| 13,000 | 2008-08-28 | Louisiana Real Estate Commission |
| 13,000 | 2008-08-27 | Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund |
| 86 | 2008-08-27 | Kansas State University |
| 2,845 | 2008-08-26 | Pennsylvania Public Welfare Department |
| 2,600 | 2008-08-26 | Prince William County Public Schools |
| 1,000,000 | 2008-08-26 | Graphic Data, Royal Bank of Scotland, NatWest, American Express |
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Largest Incidents
| records | date | organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 94,000,000 | 2007-01-17 | TJX Companies Inc. |
| 40,000,000 | 2005-06-19 | CardSystems, Visa MasterCard American Express |
| 30,000,000 | 2004-06-24 | America Online |
| 26,500,000 | 2006-05-22 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| 25,000,000 | 2007-11-20 | HM Revenue and Customs, TNT |
| 12,500,000 | 2008-05-07 | Archive Systems Inc, Bank of New York Mellon |
| 11,000,000 | 2008-09-06 | GS Caltex |
| 8,637,405 | 2007-03-12 | Dai Nippon Printing Company |
| 8,500,000 | 2007-07-03 | Certegy Check Services Inc, Fidelity National Information Services |
| 6,300,000 | 2007-09-14 | TD Ameritrade |