Ten Most Recent Database Thefts

University Health Care (Utah) - [2008-03-13]
(Stolen laptop contains 4,800 patients' names, Social Security numbers, and health information) [archive]

Harvard University - [2008-03-12
(Personal information of 10,000 including 6,500 Social Security numbers possibly compromised from hack) [archive]

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York - [2008-03-10]
(Missing laptop contains "vital information" of an estimated 40,000) [archive]

MTV Networks - [2008-03-08]
(External breach exposes about 5,000 names and Social Security numbers) [archive]

Cascade Healthcare Community - [2008-03-06]
(Computer virus exposes credit card information, names, and addresses of more than 11,500) [archive]

Nevada Department of Public Safety - [2008-03-05]
(Social Security numbers and addresses of 109 on lost thumb drive) [archive]

Madeley Health Centre (UK) - [2008-03-05]
(Names, addresses, dates of birth and medical treatment details of 238 on stolen memory stick) [archive]

Kraft Foods - [2008-03-03]
(Missing laptop contains names and possibly Social Security numbers of 20,000) [archive]

Wellesley Health Department - [2008-02-29]
(Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and dates of birth for about 480 lost from open envelope) [archive]

Health Net Federal Services - [2008-02-27]
(Social Security numbers for 103,000 posted on web) [archive]

More information is available at: http://attrition.org/dataloss/

For a graphic of the top 10 database breaches since 2000, go to: http://tinyurl.com/244gwl