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InternetNews March 21, 2005 Tim Gray	California University Computer System Hacked Attackers gain access to private student data.
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InternetNews September 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Another University System Suffers Breach Crackers continue to exploit American universities' computer weaknesses.
InternetNews September 13, 2010	CCNY Student Data Exposed in Laptop Heist Some 7,000-plus students attending the City College of New York are learning that some of their most sensitive personal information was exposed when a school laptop was stolen last month.
InternetNews December 11, 2009	University Student Data Exposed in Server Breach More than nine years worth of student data was exposed last month when hackers managed to access the admissions server at Eastern Illinois University.
InternetNews June 16, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Takes up Data Security Law FTC commissioners set to testify before panel that will enforce any new data privacy laws.
InternetNews November 10, 2010	Data Breach Blindsides First Responders A hacker managed to weasel his or her way into an unsecured database housing the SSNs and other personal information of thousands of Louisiana EMTs.
InternetNews December 16, 2010	760,000 Exposed in Ohio State Breach A massive data breach at Ohio State University has current and former students and staff scrambling to check their credit reports.
InternetNews November 1, 2010	Data Breach Jars University of Hawaii Alums Another data breach exposes personal data of more than 40,000 University of Hawaii alumni.
InternetNews May 17, 2010	Data Breach Tags N.M. Medicaid Patients Nearly 10,000 participants in New Mexico's Medicaid program had their personal information compromised after a car with a laptop in the trunk was stolen in Chicago.
InternetNews November 11, 2009	Stolen USB Drive Puts Tennessee Students at Risk A purloined USB drive contains thousands of student Social Security Numbers - exposing 16,000 to potential identity theft.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Clint Boulton	Sacred Heart Data Hacked Sacred Heart University became the latest school to fall victim to a computer hack, which exposed the personal information of as many as 135,000 students and alumni.
InternetNews November 10, 2009	University Web Site Snafu Exposes Student SSNs Chaminade University accidentally posted thousands of students' personal data on its Web site.
InternetNews June 28, 2010	FIU Latest University to Expose Student Data More than 19,000 Florida International University students are busy checking their credit reports this week after school officials confirmed that tons of personal information was stored on an unsecured database.
InternetNews April 16, 2010	Mississippi Latest to OK Data Breach Notice Law Businesses in the state must now immediately notify customers when their personal information has been exposed.
InternetNews August 26, 2010	Applicants Alerted to UConn Data Breach More than 10,000 people who applied to the University of Connecticut between 2004 and 2010 are learning that a stolen laptop has exposed their contact information and Social Security numbers.
InternetNews October 26, 2009	Stolen Laptop Exposes 33,000 Patients' Data Laptop plucked from employee's car at Daytona Beach, Fla. medical center exposes potentially exposed thousands of patient IDs.
InternetNews January 28, 2010	National Archives Breach Tags Ex-Clinton Staffers The National Archives and Records Administration is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that a hard drive storing their Social Security numbers and personal data has gone missing.
InternetNews January 5, 2010	Hacker Hits Eastern Washington University Colleges continue to be popular targets for hackers, with another 130,000 student records exposed.
InternetNews August 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	VeriSign Goes to School Amid a string of college security breaches, the company teams with a nonprofit to offer digital certificate services to schools.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
InternetNews July 9, 2010	Hackers Raid University of Maine's Servers The social security numbers and other personal data of over 4,500 students were compromised in the attack.
InternetNews February 8, 2010	The Biggest Security Breaches of 2009 There were some spectacular data breaches last year. Here's some of the best, or worst, depending on your perspective.
InternetNews January 7, 2011	ITRC Seeks Full Data Breach Disclosure With major data breaches on the rise, the Identity Theft Resource Center is urging the formation of a centralized, searchable repository for the public to keep track of what institutions have seen their information compromised.
InternetNews December 12, 2006 David Needle	UCLA Database Hole Exposed 800,000 to ID Theft UCLA Web site touted the school's IT security the same day it discovered hackers had broken into its computer system.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Roy Mark	Feinstein Tightens ID Theft Proposal California Democrat calls for national notification law just before Senate hearing.
InternetNews February 23, 2010	Georgia University Stung By Data Breach More than 170,000 students and faculty members are checking their credit reports this week after a hacker broken into a server at Valdosta State University in Georgia.
InternetNews November 18, 2009	Missing Hard Drive Exposes Soldiers' Data The U.S. Army said a hard drive was either lost or stolen earlier this month, putting more than 60,000 soldiers' data at risk.
InternetNews August 5, 2010	Another Laptop Theft Exposes 21K Patients' Data Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is in the process of notifying more than 21,000 patients that a stolen laptop has exposed some of their most sensitive personal information.
InternetNews March 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Feinstein Charges Again on Data Breach Notification Bill A California senator says identity theft can't be stopped without strong congressional action.
InternetNews August 12, 2010	Data Breach Stings Florida Community Colleges A software upgrade turned into a security debacle for some 126,000 students attending six community colleges in Florida.
InternetNews December 29, 2009	Penn State Breach Continues University Data Woes Latest in a string of security incidents at universities compromises personal information of more than 30,000 students.
InternetNews June 8, 2010	Penn State Deals With Latest Data Breach Penn State University officials are warning more than 15,000 students that yet another preventable data breach has compromised their personal data.
InternetNews June 25, 2010	Anthem Blue Cross Victim of Data Breach More than 230,000 Social Security numbers and medical records are accidentally exposed due to some sloppy programming.
PC World October 2003 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: California Law Protects Us All From Security Breaches New identity theft statute likely to help consumers everywhere.
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
InternetNews June 26, 2006 Roy Mark	Latest Breach Hits Navy The U.S. Navy is notifying as many as 28,000 in the latest government failure to protect personal data.
InternetNews March 30, 2010	Student Loan Guarantor Hit With Data Breach After theft of a portable media device, federal student loan group Educational Credit Management Corp. notifies 3.3 million borrowers that their information is at risk.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.
InternetNews June 9, 2009 Alex Goldman	T-Mobile Hacked? Although a blog reported yesterday that T-Mobile was hacked, all the hackers actually seemed to have was a list of T-Mobile server names.
InternetNews September 17, 2010	Rice University Deals With New Data Breach A stolen device containing student and faculty data went missing, putting personal information including Social Security numbers and birth dates up for grabs.
InternetNews April 8, 2010	Unencrypted Patient Data Lost in Laptop Theft Once again, lost notebook PCs have exposed the data of thousands of health care patients.
InternetNews October 18, 2010	Massive Data Breach Zings Florida University The FBI is investigating another hacking incident that exposed 106,000-plus students' most sensitive information.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Congress Closer to National ID Theft Law Republican lawmakers plan a committee vote on a bill requiring disclosure of both encrypted and unencrypted data breaches. The proposed bill is likely to provoke protest from the technology and financial services industries.
CFO December 1, 2003 John Goff	Whose Life Is It, Anyway? Companies, Congress, and customers slug it out over some very personal information.
InternetNews May 21, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Lost Hard Drive Contains Clinton White House Data Archives' data loss compromised an undetermined number of Social Security numbers of White House staff and visitors.
InternetNews July 12, 2010	Stolen Drive Puts AMR Employee Records at Risk American Airlines parent company is the latest public company dealing with a data breach that exposed nearly 80,000 employees' Social Security numbers and other personal information.
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Best Practices on Data Breaches The task of informing consumers of a breach falls on banks. How the institutions do that is key to how they will be perceived by their customers.
InternetNews December 13, 2010	Data Breach Exposes Wisconsin Students' Data The University of Wisconsin became the latest U.S. college to endure a major data breach this year, putting the personal information of 60,000-plus former students and staff members at risk.