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SUMMARY

Missing portable data-storage device may have contained names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of 4,400
Records	4,400
Record Types	SSN NAA DOB FIN
Breach Type	Lost Media
Data Family	Electronic
Source	Inside - Accidental
Organization	FairPoint Communications
Other Affected/Involved Organizations	None
Lawsuit?	NO/UNKNOWN
Data Recovered?	NO/UNKNOWN
Arrest?	NO/UNKNOWN
Submitted By:	Lyger

TIMELINE

Date	Event
2009-04-08	Incident Occurred
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2009-04-08	Incident Discovered By Organization
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2009-04-21	Organization Reports Incident
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None. Add Data	Organization Mails Notifications
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SIMILAR INCIDENTS

records	date	organizations
9,000	2006-02-23	Deloitte & Touche, McAfee
3,000	2008-06-20	Virgin Media
10,000	2009-05-28	Members Plus Credit Union

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MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION

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COSTS SUMMARY

Known Actual Costs

No known costs for this incident.

Estimated Costs

Ponemon Institute Direct Costs Estimate ¹

$264,000.00

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: 2373

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Maine breach notification - FairPoint Communications Inc - missing portable drive exposes employees names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and birth dates. unknown number of residents affected
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20090420_fairpoint_communications_ME.pdf	Maine Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1917'>1917</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
0	2009-04-20	2009-12-06	10 Dec 20:03
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I Gary C. Garvey Senior VP Human Resources communications -! 521 East Morehead Street Suite 500 Charlotte, NC 28202 704.227.45go Direct Line u 704.34:}.0282 Fax April 20, 2009 NAME ADDRESS CITY, STA...

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Primary Source ID: 2670

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Massachusetts breach notification - FairPoint Communications Inc - missing portable drive exposes employees names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and birth dates. 136 number of residents affected
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20090420-fair-point-communications-MA.pdf	Massachusetts Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1917'>1917</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
136	2009-04-20	2010-04-27	02 Jun 07:30
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Primary Source ID: 2398

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Maine breach notification: FairPoint Communications Inc - missing portable drive exposes 1,721 employees.
Filename	Source	Researcher	Incident IDs
20090427_fairpoint_communciations_ME.pdf	Maine Attorney General	d2d	<a href='/incidents/show/1917'>1917</a>
Records	File Date	Uploaded	Updated
1721	2009-04-20	2009-12-06	02 Jul 23:05
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COMMENTS

Incidents:

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Breach Types:

Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
Disposal Mobile | 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 | Web |