November 17, 2011 05:46 PM Eastern Time
IdentityHawk’s October 2011 report accounted for 58 publicly known breaches. IdentityHawk members, armed with information, could take action to help “stop fraud before it starts”
NORWALK, Conn.--()--IdentityHawk® reported 58 publicly known breaches in October compromising 12,279,616 online records. The results are part of the “breached institutions” listing from The IdentityHawk October 2011 Identity Breach Report. A Ponemon Institute Research Report, entitled "State of Web Application Security Survey" (February 2011) reported that 93% of organizations have been hacked at least once in the past two years.
According to Jeff Paradise, executive director of IdentityHawk, “Identity theft breaches are often initiated because identity thieves steal thousands of records in batches from major enterprises. In fact, in 2002; former White House Cyber Security Advisor, Richard Clarke warned us. He was quoted as saying to enterprises, ‘If you (enterprises) spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What’s more, you deserve to be hacked.’” http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-840335.html
A data breach, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), is “an event in which an individual’s name plus Social Security Number (SSN), driver’s license number, medical record, or a financial record/credit/debit card is potentially put at risk – either in electronic or paper format.”
Unfortunately, Paradise continued, “Many organizations, a decade later, are still not spending enough and are not vigilant enough when it comes to protecting enterprise data. Yet, hackers have become more aggressive and sophisticated.”
Date Breached Institution Records Lost
3-Oct-11 Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 800
3-Oct-2011 Estate of James C. Graham M.D. Unknown
4-Oct-11 Poole NHS Trust 240
4-Oct-11 Association of School and College Leaders 100
5-Oct-11 Elections Alberta 153
5-Oct-11 Indiana University School of Optometry 757
6-Oct-11 London Care PLC Unknown
6-Oct-11 USPS Unknown
6-Oct-11 PESG Unknown
6-Oct-11 College of the Holy Cross 493
6-Oct-11 University of Georgia 18,931
7-Oct-11 James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Unknown
7-Oct-11 air pacific limited Unknown
7-Oct-11 First State Superannuation 568
7-Oct-11 Adult & Pediatric Dermatology (apderm) 2,000
8-Oct-11 Troy School District Unknown
10-Oct-11 Henry Ford Health System 520
10-Oct-11 St. Joseph Medical Center/Preferred Professional Insurance Co. Unknown
11-Oct-11 Chillliwack General Hospital (Canada) 27
11-Oct-11 Futurity First Insurance Group 582
11-Oct-11 Sony Corporation 93,000
13-Oct-11 Spectrum Health Services Inc. Unknown
14-Oct-11 Praxis Care Isle of Man 107
14-Oct-11 Social Security Administration 31,931
14-Oct-11 NEA Baptist Clinic 3,116
14-Oct-11 Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurant Unknown
14-Oct-11 Financial Tracking Technologies LLC Unknown
15-Oct-11 San Antonio Independent School District Unknown
16-Oct-11 Ashley D. Bell Law Office Unknown
17-Oct-11 Metropolitan Police Service 105
19-Oct-11 Well United Methodist Church 40
19-Oct-11 Order & Chaos Online Unknown
20-Oct-11 Edge Hill University 798
20-Oct-11 Wells Fargo Unknown
22-Oct-11 Concordia Plan Services Unknown
23-Oct-11 Hazelton Community Ambulance Unknown
24-Oct-11 Guadalajara 2011 Organizing Committee Unknown
24-Oct-11 Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare 9,000,000
24-Oct-11 Cheaptickets.nl 715,000
25-Oct-11 United States Department of Education 5,000
25-Oct-11 Ocala Police Department 149
25-Oct-11 Mobile Telesystems (MTS) 1,600,000
25-Oct-11 Bloggtoppem.se 80,000
26-Oct-11 AW Urval 314
26-Oct-11 Indalex Inc. (Sapa AB) Unknown
26-Oct-11 Indigo Joe's Unknown
27-Oct-11 James A. Haley Veterans Hospital Unknown
27-Oct-11 Muir Orthopaedic Specialists 1,800
27-Oct-11 Mama’s Boy Italian Ristorante Unknown
27-Oct-11 Eaton Group Unknown
27-Oct-11 Vancouver Coastal Health Authority 450
27-Oct-11 University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust 18
28-Oct-11 United States Air Force (Yakota AFB - Japan) 593
28-Oct-11 Newcastle Youth Offending Team (UK) 110
29-Oct-11 Archangel Security Company 30
31-Oct-11 Banglatv.ca 1,517
31-Oct-11 hi5ads.com 5,067
31-Oct-11 British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development Unknown
TOTAL Records Lost: 12,279,616
