List of data breaches
This is a list of data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many more smaller breaches occur continually. Breaches of large organizations where the number of records is still unknown are also listed. The various methods used in the breaches are also listed, with hacking being the most common.
Most breaches occur in North America. It is estimated that the average cost of a data breach will be over $150 million by 2020, with the global annual cost forecast to be $2.1 trillion.[1][2] It is estimated that in 2015 alone, 707 million records were exposed as a result of data breaches.[3] Vigilante.pw lists over 2,100 websites which have had their databases breached, containing over 2 billion user entries in total.
Entity | Year | Records | Organization type | Method | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accendo Insurance Co. | 2011 | 175,350 | healthcare | poor security | [4][5] |
Tumblr | 2013 | 65,469,298 | tech | hacked | [6] |
Adobe Systems | 2013 | 152,000,000 | tech | hacked | [7][8] |
Advocate Medical Group | 2013 | 4,000,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [9][10] |
Affinity Health Plan, Inc. | 2009 | 344,579 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [11] |
Ameritrade | 2005 | 200,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [12] |
Ankle & Foot Center of Tampa Bay, Inc. | 2010 | 156,000 | healthcare | hacked | [13] |
Anthem Inc. | 2015 | 80,000,000 | healthcare | hacked | [14] |
AOL | 2004 | 92,000,000 | web | inside job, hacked | [15][16] |
AOL | 2006 | 20,000,000 | web | accidentally published | [17] |
AOL | 2014 | 2,400,000 | web | hacked | [18] |
Apple, Inc./BlueToad | 2012 | 12,367,232 | tech, retail | accidentally published | [19] |
Apple | 2013 | 275,000 | tech | hacked | [20] |
Apple Health Medicaid | 2016 | 91,000 | healthcare | poor security | [21] |
Ashley Madison | 2015 | 32,000,000 | web | hacked | [22] |
AT&T | 2008 | 113,000 | telecoms | lost / stolen computer | [23] |
AT&T | 2010 | 114,000 | telecoms | hacked | [24] |
Auction.co.kr | 2008 | 18,000,000 | web | hacked | [25] |
Australian Immigration Department | 2015 | G20 world leaders | government | accidentally published | [26] |
Automatic Data Processing | 2005 | 125,000 | financial | poor security | [27] |
AvMed, Inc. | 2009 | 1,220,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [28] |
Bailey's Inc. | 2015 | 250,000 | retail | hacked | [29] |
Barnes & Noble | 2012 | 63 stores | retail | hacked | [30][31] |
Bedford/St. Martin's | 2012-2014 | unknown | retail | unknown | [32] |
Betfair | 2010 | 2,300,000 | web | hacked | [23] |
Bethesda Game Studios | 2011 | 200,000 | gaming | hacked | [33] |
Blizzard Entertainment | 2012 | 14,000,000 | gaming | hacked | [34][35] |
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee | 2009 | 1,023,209 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [36] |
The Bank of New York Mellon | 2008 | 12,500,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [37] |
British Airways | 2015 | tens of thousands | retail | hacked | [38] |
California Department of Child Support Services | 2012 | 800,000 | government | lost / stolen media | [23][39] |
CardSystems Solutions Inc.
(MasterCard, Visa, Discover Financial Services and American Express) |
2005 | 40,000,000 | financial | hacked | [40][41] |
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield - Maryland | 2015 | 1,100,000 | healthcare | hacked | [42] |
Central Coast Credit Union | 2016 | 60,000 | financial | hacked | [43] |
Central Hudson Gas & Electric | 2013 | 110,000 | energy | hacked | [44] |
CheckFree Corporation | 2009 | 5,000,000 | financial | hacked | [45] |
China Software Developer Network | 2011 | 6,000,000 | web | hacked | [46] |
Chinese gaming websites (three: Duowan, 7K7K, 178.com) | 2011 | 10,000,000 | web | hacked | [47] |
Citigroup | 2005 | 3,900,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [48] |
Citigroup | 2011 | 360,083 | financial | hacked | [49] |
Citigroup | 2013 | 150,000 | financial | poor security | [50] |
City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust | 2007 | 160,000 | government | lost / stolen media | [51] |
Colorado government | 2010 | 105,470 | healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [52] |
Community Health Systems | 2014 | 4,500,000 | healthcare | hacked | [53] |
Commission on Elections | 2016 | 55,000,000 | government | hacked | |
Compass Bank | 2007 | 1,000,000 | financial | inside job | [23][54] |
Countrywide Financial Corp | 2006 | 2,600,000 | financial | inside job | [23] |
Countrywide Financial Corp | 2011 | 2,500,000 | financial | inside job | [55] |
Cox Communications | 2016 | 40,000 | telecoms | hacked | [56] |
Crescent Health Inc., Walgreens | 2013 | 100,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [44][57] |
CVS | 2015 | millions | retail | hacked | [58] |
Dai Nippon Printing | 2007 | 8,637,405 | retail | inside job | [59] |
Data Processors International (MasterCard, Visa, Discover Financial Services and American Express) |
2008 | 8,000,000 | financial | hacked | [60] |
Democratic National Committee | 2016 | 19,252 | political | [61] | |
Department of Homeland Security | 2016 | 30,000 | government | poor security | [62][63] |
Domino's Pizza (France) | 2014 | 600,000 | web | hacked | [64] |
Driving Standards Agency | 2007 | 3,000,000 | government | lost / stolen media | [65] |
Dropbox | 2012 | unknown | web | hacked | [66] |
Drupal | 2013 | 1,000,000 | web | hacked | [67] |
Dun & Bradstreet | 2013 | 1,000,000 | tech | hacked | [68][69] |
eBay | 2014 | 145,000,000 | web | hacked | [70] |
Educational Credit Management Corporation | 2010 | 3,300,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [71] |
Eisenhower Medical Center | 2011 | 514,330 | healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [72] |
Embassy Cables | 2010 | 251,000 | government | inside job | [73] |
Emergency Healthcare Physicians, Ltd. | 2010 | 180,111 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [72][74] |
Emory Healthcare | 2012 | 315,000 | healthcare | poor security | [72] |
Erie County Medical Center | 2017 | unknown | healthcare | poor security | |
European Central Bank | 2014 | unknown | financial | hacked | [76][77] |
Evernote | 2013 | 50,000,000 | web | hacked | [78][79] |
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield | 2015 | 10,000,000 | healthcare | hacked | [80] |
Experian - T-Mobile US | 2015 | 15,000,000 | telecoms | hacked | [81][82] |
EyeWire | 2016 | unknown | tech | lost / stolen computer | [83] |
2013 | 6,000,000 | web | accidentally published | [84] | |
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland | 2010 | 400,000 | financial | hacked | [23] |
Fidelity National Information Services | 2007 | 8,500,000 | financial | inside job | [85] |
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice | 2013 | 100,000 | government | lost / stolen computer | [44] |
Friend Finder Networks | 2016 | 412,214,295 | web | poor security / hacked | [86][87] |
Formspring | 2012 | 420,000 | web | accidentally published | [88] |
Gamigo | 2012 | 8,000,000 | web | hacked | [89] |
Gap Inc. | 2007 | 800,000 | retail | lost / stolen computer | [90] |
Gawker | 2010 | 1,500,000 | web | hacked | [91][92] |
Global Payments | 2012 | 7,000,000 | financial | hacked | [93] |
Gmail | 2014 | 5,000,000 | web | hacked | [94] |
Greek government | 2012 | 9,000,000 | government | hacked | [95] |
GS Caltex | 2008 | 11,100,000 | energy | inside job | [96][97] |
Gyft | 2016 | unknown | web | hacked | [98][99] |
Hannaford Brothers Supermarket Chain | 2007 | 4,200,000 | retail | hacked | [100] |
Harbortouch | 2015 | 4,200 stores | restaurant, retail | hacked | [101] |
Health Net | 2009 | 500,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [102] |
Health Net — IBM | 2011 | 1,900,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [103] |
Heartland | 2009 | 130,000,000 | financial | hacked | [104][105] |
Hewlett Packard | 2006 | 200,000 | tech, retail | lost / stolen media | [106] |
Hilton Hotels | 2015 | unknown | hotel | hacked | [107] |
Home Depot | 2014 | 56,000,000 | retail | hacked | [108] |
Honda Canada | 2011 | 283,000 | retail | poor security | [109] |
Hyatt Hotels | 2015 | 250 locations | hotel | hacked | [110][111] |
Internal Revenue Service | 2015 | 720,000 | financial | hacked | [112][113] |
Inuvik hospital | 2016 | 6,700 | healthcare | inside job | [114] |
Iranian banks (three: Saderat, Eghtesad Novin, and Saman) | 2012 | 3,000,000 | financial | hacked | [115] |
Jefferson County, West Virginia | 2008 | 1,600,000 | government | accidentally published | [23][116] |
JP Morgan Chase | 2010 | 2,600,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [117] |
JP Morgan Chase | 2014 | 76,000,000 | financial | hacked | [118] |
KDDI | 2006 | 4,000,000 | telecoms | hacked | [119] |
Kirkwood Community College | 2013 | 125,000 | academic | hacked | [44][120] |
KM.RU | 2016 | 1,500,000 | web | hacked | [121] |
Korea Credit Bureau | 2014 | 20,000,000 | financial | inside job | [122] |
Kroll Background America | 2013 | 1,000,000 | tech | hacked | [68][69] |
KT Corporation | 2012 | 8,700,000 | telecoms | hacked | [123][124] |
LexisNexis | 2014 | 1,000,000 | tech | hacked | [68][69] |
Landry's, Inc. | 2015 | 500 locations | restaurant | hacked | [125][126] |
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center | 2010 | 130,495 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [72][127] |
LinkedIn, eHarmony, Last.fm | 2012 | 8,000,000 | web | accidentally published | [128][129] |
Living Social | 2013 | 50,000,000 | web | hacked | [130][131] |
MacRumours.com | 2014 | 860,000 | web | hacked | [132] |
Mandarin Oriental Hotels | 2014 | 10 locations | hotel | hacked | [133][134] |
Massachusetts Government | 2011 | 210,000 | government | poor security | [23] |
Massive American business hack including 7-Eleven and Nasdaq |
2012 | 160,000,000 | financial | hacked | [135] |
Medicaid | 2012 | 780,000 | government, healthcare | hacked | [23] |
Medical Informatics Engineering | 2015 | 3,900,000 | healthcare | hacked | [136] |
Memorial Healthcare System | 2011 | 102,153 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [72] |
Michaels | 2014 | 3,000,000 | retail | hacked | [137] |
Militarysingles.com | 2012 | 163,792 | web, military | accidentally published | [138] |
Ministry of Education (Chile) | 2008 | 6,000,000 | government | accidentally published | [139][140] |
Monster.com | 2007 | 1,600,000 | web | hacked | [141] |
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney | 2011 | 34,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [23] |
Mozilla | 2014 | 76,000 | web | poor security | [142] |
NASDAQ | 2014 | unknown | financial | hacked | [143] |
Natural Grocers | 2015 | 93 stores | retail | hacked | [144] |
Neiman Marcus | 2014 | 1,100,000 | retail | hacked | [145][146] |
Nemours Foundation | 2011 | 1,055,489 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [72][147] |
Network Solutions | 2009 | 573,000 | tech | hacked | [148][149] |
New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. | 2010 | 1,700,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [72] |
New York State Electric & Gas | 2012 | 1,800,000 | energy | inside job | [23] |
New York Taxis | 2014 | 52,000 | transport | poor security | [150] |
Nexon Korea Corp | 2011 | 13,200,000 | web | hacked | [151] |
NHS | 2011 | 8,300,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [152] |
Nintendo | 2013 | 240,000 | gaming | hacked | [153] |
Nival Networks | 2016 | 1,500,000 | gaming | hacked | [121] |
Norwegian Tax Administration | 2008 | 3,950,000 | government | accidentally published | [154] |
Ofcom | 2016 | unknown | telecom | inside job | [155] |
Office of Personnel Management | 2015 | 21,500,000 | government | hacked | [156][157] |
Office of the Texas Attorney General | 2012 | 6,500,000 | government | accidentally published | [158] |
Ohio State University | 2010 | 760,000 | academic | hacked | [23] |
Oregon Department of Transportation | 2011 | unknown | government | poor security | [23] |
OVH | 2013 | undisclosed | web | hacked | [159] |
Premera | 2015 | 11,000,000 | healthcare | hacked | [160] |
Puerto Rico Department of Health | 2010 | 515,000 | healthcare | hacked | [72] |
Rambler.ru | 2012 | 98,167,935 | web | hacked | [161][162] |
RBS Worldpay | 2008 | 1,500,000 | financial | hacked | [163] |
Restaurant Depot | 2011 | 200,000 | retail | hacked | [23] |
RockYou! | 2009 | 32,000,000 | web, gaming | hacked | [164] |
Rosen Hotels | 2016 | unknown | hotel | hacked | [165] |
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission | 2011 | 180,000 | government | hacked | [166] |
Scottrade | 2015 | 4,600,000 | financial | hacked | [167] |
Scribd | 2013 | 500,000 | web | hacked | [168][169] |
Seacoast Radiology, PA | 2010 | 231,400 | healthcare | hacked | [72][170] |
Sega | 2011 | 1,290,755 | gaming | hacked | [171] |
Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (UK) | 2008 | 50,500 | government | lost / stolen media | [172] |
Slack | 2015 | 500,000 | tech | poor security | [173] |
SnapChat | 2013 | 4,700,000 | web, tech | hacked | [174] |
Sony Online Entertainment | 2011 | 24,600,000 | gaming | hacked | [175][176] |
Sony Pictures | 2011 | 1,000,000 | web | hacked | [177] |
Sony Pictures | 2014 | 100 terabytes | media | hacked | [178] |
Sony PlayStation Network | 2011 | 77,000,000 | gaming | hacked | [179] |
South Africa police | 2013 | 16,000 | government | hacked | [180] |
South Carolina Government | 2012 | 6,400,000 | healthcare | inside job | [72][181] |
South Shore Hospital, Massachusetts | 2010 | 800,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [23] |
Southern California Medical-Legal Consultants | 2011 | 300,000 | healthcare | hacked | [23] |
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System | 2011 | 400,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [72][182] |
Stanford University | 2008 | 72,000 | academic | lost / stolen computer | [23][183] |
Starbucks | 2008 | 97,000 | retail | lost / stolen computer | [23] |
Starwood Hotels including Westin Hotels and Sheraton Hotels |
2015 | 54 locations | hotel | hacked | [184][185] |
State of Texas | 2011 | 3,500,000 | government | accidentally published | [186] |
Steam | 2011 | 35,000,000 | web | hacked | [187] |
Stratfor | 2011 | 935,000 | military | accidentally published | [188] |
Supervalu | 2014 | 200 stores | retail | hacked | [189] |
Sutter Medical Center | 2011 | 4,243,434 | healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [72][190] |
Syrian government (Syria Files) | 2012 | 2,434,899 | government | hacked | [191][192] |
Taobao | 2016 | 20,000,000 | retail | hacked | [193] |
Target Corporation | 2014 | 70,000,000 | retail | hacked | [194][195] |
TaxSlayer.com | 2016 | unknown | web | hacked | [196] |
TD Ameritrade | 2007 | 6,300,000 | financial | hacked | [197] |
TD Bank | 2012 | 260,000 | financial | hacked | [198][199] |
TerraCom & YourTel | 2013 | 170,000 | telecoms | accidentally published | [200][201] |
Texas Lottery | 2007 | 89,000 | government | inside job | [23] |
Tianya Club | 2011 | 28,000,000 | web | hacked | [202] |
TK / TJ Maxx | 2007 | 94,000,000 | retail | hacked | [203][204] |
T-Mobile, Deutsche Telecom | 2006 | 17,000,000 | telecoms | lost / stolen media | [205] |
Tricare | 2011 | 4,901,432 | military, healthcare | lost / stolen computer | [23] |
Triple-S Salud, Inc. | 2010 | 398,000 | healthcare | lost / stolen media | [72] |
Trump Hotels | 2014 | 8 locations | hotel | hacked | [206][207] |
21st Century Oncology | 2016 | 2,200,000 | healthcare | hacked | [208][209] |
Twitch.tv | 2015 | unknown | tech | hacked | [210] |
2013 | 250,000 | web | hacked | [211] | |
Uber | 2014 | 50,000 | tech | poor security | [212] |
Ubisoft | 2013 | unknown | gaming | hacked | [213] |
Ubuntu | 2013 | 2,000,000 | tech | hacked | [214] |
UK Home Office | 2008 | 84,000 | government | lost / stolen media | [215] |
UK Ministry of Defence | 2008 | 1,700,000 | government | lost / stolen media | [216] |
UK Revenue & Customs | 2007 | 25,000,000 | government | lost / stolen media | [217] |
University of California, Berkeley | 2009 | 160,000 | academic | hacked | [218] |
University of California, Berkeley | 2016 | 80,000 | academic | hacked | [219] |
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica | 2015 | 4,500,000 | healthcare | hacked | [220] |
University of Central Florida | 2016 | 63,000 | academic | hacked | [221] |
University of Miami | 2008 | 2,100,000 | academic | lost / stolen computer | [23] |
University of Utah Hospital & Clinics | 2008 | 2,200,000 | academic | lost / stolen media | [23] |
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 2011 | 73,000 | academic | hacked | [23] |
UPS | 2014 | 51 locations | retail | hacked | [222] |
U.S. Army | 2011 | 50,000 | military | accidentally published | [23] |
U.S. Army (classified Iraq War documents) |
2010 | 392,000 | government | inside job | [223] |
U.S. Department of Defense | 2009 | 72,000 | military | lost / stolen media | [23] |
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs | 2006 | 26,500,000 | government, military | lost / stolen computer | [224] |
U.S. law enforcement (70 different agencies) | 2011 | 123,461 | government | accidentally published | [225] |
National Archives and Records Administration (U.S. military veterans' records) | 2009 | 76,000,000 | military | lost / stolen media | [226] |
U.S. government (United States diplomatic cables leak) | 2010 | 260,000 | military | inside job | [227] |
National Guard of the United States | 2009 | 131,000 | military | lost / stolen computer | [23] |
Verizon Communications | 2016 | 1,500,000 | telecoms | hacked | [228] |
Virginia Department of Health | 2009 | 8,257,378 | government, healthcare | hacked | [23] |
Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program | 2009 | 531,400 | healthcare | hacked | [23] |
Vodafone | 2013 | 2,000,000 | telecoms | inside job | [229] |
VTech | 2015 | 5,000,000 | retail | hacked | [230] |
Walmart | 2015 | millions | retail | hacked | [58] |
Washington Post | 2011 | 1,270,000 | media | hacked | [231] |
Washington State court system | 2013 | 160,000 | government | hacked | [232][233] |
Weebly | 2016 | 43,430,316 | web | hacked | [234][235][236] |
Wendy's | 2015 | unknown | restaurant | hacked | [237][238] |
Writerspace.com | 2011 | 62,000 | web | hacked | [239] |
Yahoo | 2013 | 1,000,000,000 | web | hacked | [240] |
Yahoo | 2014 | 500,000,000 | web | hacked | [241][242][243][244][245] |
Yahoo Japan | 2013 | 22,000,000 | tech, web | hacked | [246] |
Yahoo! Voices | 2012 | 450,000 | web | hacked | [247][248] |
Yale University | 2010 | 43,000 | academic | accidentally published | [23] |
Zappos | 2012 | 24,000,000 | web | hacked | [249] |
Bank of America | 2005 | 1,200,000 | financial | lost / stolen media | [250] |
DSW Inc. | 2005 | 1,400,000 | retail | hacked | [251] |
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