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This is a list of reports about 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 smaller breaches occur continual
[2] [3] One of the largest breaches of government data in U.S. history, [1] information that was obtained and exfiltrated in the breach [4] included personally identifiable information such as Social Security numbers, [5] as well as names, dates and places of birth, and addresses. [6]
June 2015 – United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that it had been the target of a data breach targeting personnel records. [9] Approximately 22.1 million records were affected, including records related to government employees, other people who had undergone background checks, and their friends and family. [10] [11]
The number of people affected by a UnitedHealth data breach in February 2024 was actually higher than previously reported and was the largest medical data breach in U.S. history.
According to a post from a cybersecurity expert on X, formerly Twitter, USDoD claims to be selling the 2.9 billion records for citizens of the U.S., U.K. and Canada on the dark web for $3.5 million.
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June: the records of 21.5 million people, including social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, fingerprints, and security clearance-related information, are stolen from the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). [100] Most of the victims are employees of the United States government and unsuccessful applicants to it.
Hackers stole the personal data of 2,385,646 people, making it one of the largest reported breaches of health information in the past two years. The report was made to the Office for Civil Rights ...