Data Breaches Within the Past 12 months Involving HR Data

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Data Breaches Within the Past 12 months Involving HR Data
During the past year at least 15 breaches of confidential data at major companies involved employee records only. Unlike breaches involving customer data, theft of employee data can become a pressing HR issue by throwing into question the trust in management.

Employer	No. affected	How
SAIC	45,000	Stolen equipment
Bank of America	1.2 million	Theft of tapes
Adecco	1,000	Social Security numbers on postcards
Time Warner	600,000	Lost backup tapes
MCI	16,500	Stolen laptop
Purdue	11,360	Unauthorized access
U.S. Department of Justice	80,000	Stolen Laptop
Motorola	30,000	Stolen computers
FDIC	6,000	Unauthorized access
Eastman Kodak	5,800	Stolen Laptop
San Diego County	32,000	Hacking
U.S. Air Force	33,000	Stolen log-in
Boeing	161,000	Stolen laptop
Ford Motor Co.	70,000	Stolen computer
Honeywell	19,000	Data posted on Web
Source: Donald Harris, HR Privacy Solutions.

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