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SUMMARY

Hack exposes 194 Social Security numbers
Records	194
Record Types	SSN
Breach Type	Hack
Data Family	Electronic
Source	Outside
Organization	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	None
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	d2d

Date	Event
2008-04-25	Incident Occurred
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2008-04-25	Incident Discovered By Organization
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2008-07-01	Organization Reports Incident
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None. Add Data	Organization Mails Notifications
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None. Add Data	Records Recovered
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None. Add Data	Lawsuit Filed
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None. Add Data	Arrest Made
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Address: Massachusetts, USA
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No known costs for this incident.

Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$11,640.00

Note that these estimates are based on the Ponemon Institute's 2009 direct costs figures from their 2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach. We multiply $60.00 by the number of records to obtain this figure. Keep in mind that depending on the breach, the direct costs are not always suffered by the breached organizations. In the case of credit card number breaches, the direct costs can often be suffered by banks and card issuers. Also note that this is only an estimate.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hack exposes 194 Social Security numbers
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
MD_ITU-154484.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/1054'>1054</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
3	2008-07-01	2008-12-04	23 Sep 12:15
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0r/02/2008 10:38 FAX 2026838383 1'JILMERHALE 002/008 WILMERHALE * .1: smart. n July 1, 200s I ° `"' +1 202 BBB 5695 (rl +1 202 663 GSSB (ll - heelrwnh.b0rr@wllmarha\|c.c0m Office of the Attorney Gene...

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Unauthorised access of personal information by hacking Houghton Mifflin Harcourt website
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20080603-Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt.pdf	Maine Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1054'>1054</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
2	2008-07-01	2009-01-12	17 Jan 11:11
Excerpt
CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION REC ENED WILMERHALE JUL 0 3 ZEIDB July 1, ]. Beckwith Burr GENERAL +i 202 ses cass cr} OFFICE OF ATTORNEY ti 202 ass asss ra beckwrtn.burr@wllmernele.com Office of the...

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Personal information of individual compromised to internet hacker
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
NH_wilmerhale.pdf	New Hampshire Consumer Protection & Antitrust Bureau	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/1054'>1054</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
2	2008-07-01	2008-12-04	23 Sep 13:40
Excerpt
Wttttaatttta _ _, j. Beckwith Btu: ittiy 1, 200b as xm are ease at Gftiee ofthe Attorney Genera} _ 255 555 54555 1 a , _ ~ ·+ Y __ _ teckwm ‘~arr@w=1rrerhea»*¤rr Atta: (J-ertsurrter Prctectrcm an...

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Website hack provides personal information to unauthorised user.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
Houghton-Miffin-Harcourt-OTHER.pdf	New York State Consumer Protection Board	cwalsh	<a href='/incidents/show/1054'>1054</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
135	2008-07-02	2009-05-07	19 May 16:45
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8 H M3 FAX ZOEESQSBSS §?XLt€ER%t&LE @ogt;o;;3 Xtftmcumm . FACSIMSLE ·s zo: ssa sans to Date July 2, 2008 •w 262 asa ssc; 4:; ne:Sty.¤urr@wl!me:¤ai¤.¤om Tc Security Breach Notification F...