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SUMMARY

Computer tapes holding private customer information of 16,000 stolen from office
Records	17,601
Record Types	NAA MISC ACC
Breach Type	Stolen Tape
Data Family	Electronic
Source	Outside
Organization	Pulte Homes Las Vegas Division
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	None
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	Lyger

TIMELINE

Date	Event
2008-11-13	Incident Occurred
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2008-12-25	Organization Reports Incident
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2008-12-19	Organization Mails Notifications
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SIMILAR INCIDENTS

records	date	organizations
10,000	2010-01-18	Goodwill Industries of Greater Grand Rapids

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MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION

Address: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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REFERENCES

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/25/identities-16000-pulte-homes-customers-compromised/ [archive]

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COSTS SUMMARY

Known Actual Costs

No known costs for this incident.

Estimated Costs

Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$1,056,060.00

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.

PRIMARY SOURCES

Primary Source ID: 1228

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Pultes Holmes breach notification letter to Maryland
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
ITU-164549.pdf	Maryland Attorney General	kirniki	<a href='/incidents/show/1306'>1306</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
85	2008-12-12	2009-01-31	01 Feb 22:49
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’ EFOLEY E V ATTORNEYS AT LAW FOLEY g, LARDNER \|_\|_p 402 vv. BROADWAY, sums 2100 I SAN DIEGO, CA 02101.0042 I 010.204.00% TEL 1 619.234.35lO FAX December 12, 2008 *°'€y·°¤m wR1r0R·s mater L11¤11; 019...

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Primary Source ID: 1274

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Back-up tapes containing personal information of individuals stolen
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
VA_12192008_pulte_homes.pdf	Virginia Attorney General	jkouns	<a href='/incidents/show/1306'>1306</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
74	2008-12-12	2009-02-03	16 Feb 06:32
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F0 ·-i ATTORNEYS AT tAw FOLEY & LARDNAER LLP 402 w. BROADWAY, sum; 2100 SAN oirco, CA szioissriz sra.2s·i.eses rei. ais.2sA.ssrc· FAX December 12, 2008 i"'€V·C°’" WRITERS DiREC* LINE ers.sss.e»i9a...

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Primary Source ID: 1569

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New York Data Breach Notification : Backup tapes stolen from Nevada facility conatining customer information, including names, address, drivers license and financial account numbers. 217 NY residents notified.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
Pulte-Homes-OTHER.pdf	New York State Consumer Protection Board	cwalsh	<a href='/incidents/show/1306'>1306</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
217	2008-12-16	2009-05-07	15 Jun 07:56
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Primary Source ID: 2079

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Massachusetts Data Breach Notification : Stolen backup tapes contain personal data.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20081212_pulte_homes_MA.pdf	Massachusetts Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1306'>1306</a>
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36	2008-12-12	2009-08-08	31 Aug 00:34
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" F0 L E Y I Arromuavs AT uiw FOLEY 8. LARDNER LLP ' 402 w. snoaowsv, sum; 2100 sam onroo. ca 921013542 0192340006 rrr 619.234.35lO FAX December l2, 2008 l°I°Y·°°"l wmrrws ouircr nur 619.685.64% VIA...

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COMMENTS

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Breach Types:

Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
Email | Fax | Fraud Se | Hack
Lost Computer | Lost Document | Lost Drive | Lost Laptop
Lost Media | Lost Mobile | Lost Tape | Missing Document
Missing Laptop | Missing Media | Snail Mail | Stolen Computer
Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop | Stolen Media
Stolen Mobile | Stolen Tape | Unknown | Virus
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