[attrition] Errata: 65 events since 06.01.01

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http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss.html

In what has become a regular occurance, large companies are collecting 
your personal information (sometimes without your knowledge or consent), 
and subsequently letting it fall into the hands of the bad guys. This is 
your personal information; name, address, social security number, credit 
card number, and more. Unfortunately, this page is updated quite 
frequently.

Ten Most Recent:

Ohio University - [2006-05-02]
(Records breached for 300,000 people/organizations including 137,000 
Social Security numbers)

United States Department of Defense - [2006-04-28]
(Personal information for over 14,000 military employees compromised by 
hack)

State of Ohio - [2006-04-28]
(Social Security numbers of potentially millions of registered voters in 
Ohio leaked)

Iron Mountain / Long Island Railroad - [2006-04-27]
(Lost tapes include Social Security numbers for about 17,000 current and 
former employees)

Aetna Inc. - [2006-04-26]
(Stolen laptop contains personal information on about 38,000 members)

Purdue University School of Electrical and Computer Engineering - 
[2006-04-26]
(1,351 notified following breach involving Social Security numbers)

MasterCard / Clydesdale Bank (U.K.) / Morgan Stanley - [2006-04-26]
(Stolen credit card details affects 2,000)

University of Texas McCombs School of Business - [2006-04-23]
(Records including Social Security numbers breached for 197,000 people)

University of Alaska Fairbanks - [2006-04-21]
(Personal information of 38,941 possibly stolen by hacker)

Fraser Health Authority - [2006-04-16]
(Missing computer and disk contains names, birth dates, contact 
information and referral reasons for thousands)