Chart: "10 Largest Data Breaches Since 2000" - Consumerist Comments

Chart: "10 Largest Data Breaches Since 2000"

ju_ju_eyeball — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:42:23 EDT

It is time for consumers to stand up and demand that our personal information is owned by ourselves, and that we let companies use it. They have no right to lose it or abuse it. They should not be able to resell it. Screw up your security and let my info out, PAY ME!

ju_ju_eyeball

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y-y — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:47:34 EDT

re: "frequency?"
i happen to work for a major bank and i can assure you that they are happening with increasing frequency...and the ones listed are only the "major ones".
Take that as you may.

y-y

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scoosdad — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:46:39 EDT

And another new one reported this afternoon affecting NE retail customers:

[www.boston.com]

Source of the data breach not yet revealed but reportedly affects both Master Card and Visa customers. Stay tuned.

scoosdad

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SuperJdynamite — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:06:10 EDT

@chrisjames: "Are breaches occurring with increasing frequency, or are they only being reported with increasing frequency?"

Since legislation that requires reporting started with a California law in 2003 and has been gaining momentum since then it's reasonable to assume that the frequency of reports is climbing faster than the frequency of incidents.

Also, this seems to be a much more comprehensive chronology of data breaches: [www.privacyrights.org]

SuperJdynamite

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apotheosis — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:23:47 EDT

Damn, I didn't know attrition was still around. I used to love browsing the defacement archive.

apotheosis

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chrisjames — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:52:55 EDT

Are breaches occurring with increasing frequency, or are they only being reported with increasing frequency?

chrisjames