Recent Incidents of Data Loss

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BB+T Insurance data loss circa 2008/05/15
Social Security numbers, names, and dates of birth of school employees on stolen laptop

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Oklahoma State University data loss circa 2008/05/14
Breached server contains names and Social Security numbers of about 70,000

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First Calgary Savings data loss circa 2008/05/14
Account information for "hundreds" on laptop stolen from car

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Pfizer data loss circa 2008/05/12
Salary information, names, and addresses for 13,000 on stolen laptop / flash drive

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Chilean Ministry of Education data loss circa 2008/05/11
Identity card numbers, names, and addresses of 6 million stolen and posted to the internet

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Princeton University Tower Club data loss circa 2008/05/09
Names and Social Security numbers of 103 inadvertantly released via email

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Las Cruces Public Schools data loss circa 2008/05/08
Staff member posts personal data for 1,800 students and staff on web site

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Dominican University data loss circa 2008/05/08
Students accessed staff records, exposing names, addresses, Social Security numbers of more than 5,000 students

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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation data loss circa 2008/05/08
Information on 159,000 customers, including name, account number and transactions, lost on stolen server

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SAIC data loss circa 2008/05/07
Missing tapes contain Social Security numbers and financial information for 1,376

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