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Keeping track of idtheft victims of breaches
From: "Sasha Romanosky" <sromanos () andrew cmu edu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:26:38 -0400
Hey everyone, I'd like to start keeping a record of those stories that cite actual numbers of identity theft victims from data breaches. I realize it's difficult to know, and there's much room for error, but it seems to me there is currently no record -- even a bad one -- of this kind of information. It also gives those interested a place to follow up for more detail. I have to think other people would be interested in these stories, too. To that end, I'd like to ask that if you come across any studies or articles (and if they're appropriate for this list) that you forward them on. Otherwise, please feel free to send them to me. Thanks a bunch, sasha
From checking some of my notes, I know of the following:
- Choicepoint: 2900 (GAO-07-737) - UnitedHealthcare: 155, http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/060308-unitedhealthcare-data-breach-le ads-to.html?code=nlsecuritynewsal142524 - And in aggregate, the 3 studies I listed in my WEIS paper (Table 2). _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
Current thread:
- Keeping track of idtheft victims of breaches Sasha Romanosky (Jul 13)
- Re: Keeping track of idtheft victims of breaches David Scott (Jul 13)
- Re: Keeping track of idtheft victims of breaches Al Mac Wheel (Jul 13)