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Biggest Security Breaches

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Johnny Green
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Breach Announced: April 26, 2011; May 5, 2001

Records Stolen: 101.6 million

Data Breached: names, addresses, emails, birthdates, logins and passwords, purchase history, password security questions, credit-card numbers

KATSUMI KASAHARA
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Breach Announced: June 1, 1984

Records Stolen: 90 million

Data Breached: credit-card histories, Social Security numbers

RON SCHWANE
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Breach Announced: January 20, 2009

Records Stolen: 130 million

Data Breached: credit-card numbers

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Breach Announced: January 17, 2007

Records Stolen: 94 million

Data Breached: names, credit-card numbers

Elise Amendola
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Breach Announced: December 14, 2009

Records Stolen: 32 million

Data Breached: names, email addresses, passwords

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Breach Announced: June 19, 2005

Records Stolen: 40 million

Data Breached: names, credit-card numbers

JOHN MILLER
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Breach Announced: September 14, 2007

Records Stolen: 6.3 million

Data Breached: Social Security numbers, names, emails, account information

Mark Lennihan
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Breach Announced: June 2, 2009

Records Stolen: 8.3 million (530,000 Social Security numbers)

Data Breached: names, birthdates, medical records, social security numbers

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Breach Announced: December 29, 2008

Records Stolen: 1.1 million

Data Breached: Social Security numbers, ATM-card numbers

Johnny Green
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Breach Announced: December 12, 2010

Records Stolen: 1.3 million

Data Breached: emails, passwords, site code, staff messages

MCMULLAN CO/SIPA

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