ID: 1518: Malicious Software/Hack compromises unknown number of credit cards at fifth largest credit card processor

  • Date: 2009-01-20
  • Records Lost: 130,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: michaelcordes
  • Location: Princeton NJ, US
  • Organizations: Heartland Payment Systems, Tower Federal Credit Union, Beverly National Bank

ID: 548: Hack exposes 94 million credit card numbers and transaction details

  • Date: 2007-01-17
  • Records Lost: 94,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: TJX Companies Inc.

ID: 2061: Hackers access credit-reporting database.

  • Date: 1984-06-01
  • Records Lost: 90,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: TRW, Sears Roebuck

ID: 2382: Veterans records on improperly disposed hard drive puts millions at risk

  • Date: 2009-10-05
  • Records Lost: 76,000,000
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: firewallexperts
  • Location: Washington DC, US
  • Organizations: National Archives and Records Administration

ID: 110: Major card processor breached losing millions of credit card numbers

  • Date: 2005-06-19
  • Records Lost: 40,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: Tucson AZ, US
  • Organizations: CardSystems, Visa, MasterCard, American Express

ID: 289: Names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of 26.5 million U.S. military veterans stolen

  • Date: 2006-05-22
  • Records Lost: 26,500,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 841: HMRC

  • Date: 2007-11-20
  • Records Lost: 25,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: GB
  • Organizations: HM Revenue and Customs, TNT

ID: 1172: T-Mobile lost disk containing data on 17 million customers

  • Date: 2008-10-06
  • Records Lost: 17,000,000
  • Source: Inside
  • Submitted by: jkouns
  • Location: DE
  • Organizations: T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom

ID: 2059: Vital records of 1985 Canadian taxpayers stolen from Toronto's District Taxation Center.

  • Date: 1986-11-01
  • Records Lost: 16,000,000
  • Source: Inside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: Toronto ON, CA
  • Organizations: Canada Revenue Agency

ID: 943: Lost backup tape of BNY Mellon Shareholder services contains names, Social Security numbers and possibly banking information.

  • Date: 2008-03-26
  • Records Lost: 12,500,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: Jersey City NJ, US
  • Organizations: LaSalle Bank, BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, Archive Systems Inc, The Walt Disney Company, SYNOVUS

ID: 1146: Names, Social Security numbers, and addresses of 11,000,000 found on lost discs

  • Date: 2008-09-06
  • Records Lost: 11,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Lyger
  • Location: KR
  • Organizations: GS Caltex

ID: 610: Nearly 9 million pieces of private data on customers stolen

  • Date: 2007-03-12
  • Records Lost: 8,637,405
  • Source: Inside Malicious
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: JP
  • Organizations: Dai Nippon Printing Company

ID: 723: 2.3 million consumer records containing credit card and bank account information stolen

  • Date: 2007-07-03
  • Records Lost: 8,500,000
  • Source: Inside Malicious
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Certegy Check Services Inc, Fidelity National Information Services

ID: 787: Personal information of 6.3 million exposed by database hack

  • Date: 2007-09-14
  • Records Lost: 6,300,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: TD Ameritrade

ID: 988: Identity card numbers, names, and addresses of 6 million stolen and posted to the internet

  • Date: 2008-05-11
  • Records Lost: 6,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: CL
  • Organizations: Chilean Ministry of Education

ID: 26: Over 5 million credit card numbers and expiration dates stolen

  • Date: 2003-03-06
  • Records Lost: 5,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Data Processors International

ID: 1334: DNS hijacking puts 5,000,000 check processing accounts at risk

  • Date: 2008-12-08
  • Records Lost: 5,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: d2d
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: CheckFree Corporation (FiServ)

ID: 932: 4.2 million credit card and debit card numbers exposed in breach

  • Date: 2008-03-17
  • Records Lost: 4,200,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Hannaford

ID: 315: Japan - telecom carrier

  • Date: 2006-06-13
  • Records Lost: 4,000,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: JP
  • Organizations: KDDI

ID: 1175: Uncensored CDs sent to at least 8 Norwegian news agencies

  • Date: 2008-09-16
  • Records Lost: 3,950,000
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: NO
  • Organizations: Norwegian Tax Authorities

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