Latest Data Losses, Hacks, Thefts

• Boston College fund-raising computer hacked. Personal data, including Social Security Numbers of 120,000 alumni compromised.
• California State University food service and housing computer bares SSNs of 59,000 students, faculty, and staff.
• ChoicePoint sold private data of 145,000 people to identity theft ring.
• Bank of America theft of data tapes containing credit card records of 1,000,000 US government employees (including Senators).
• UC, Berkeley laptop containing SSNs of 98,000 grad students and applicants lost.
• Tufts University server broken into exposing 106,000 alumni and donors.
• LexisNexis databases accessed 59 times using stolen passwords, exposing 310,000 people.

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