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The Question Is Not “If” You’ve Been Compromised; It’s How Many Times?

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NEW YORK – If you haven’t done business with one of the companies in this extensive list, you probably do not live on planet Earth with the rest of us. In other words, if you are reading this article, more than likely, despite all of the precautions you might take, your personal information has already been compromised.

Compromised

Below is a list of 245 instances of data breaches all over the world; those that have been reported. Keep in mind that many data breaches are never disclosed to the public, for a multitude of reasons. However, this list includes well over 6 billion users (6,744,742,386 to be exact) who have indeed been affected.

List updated 03/31/2018

Company Compromised Year Potential Users Affected
21st Century Oncology 2016 2,200,000
7-11 and Nasdaq 2012 160,000,000
Accendo Insurance Co. 2011 175,350
Adobe Systems 2013 152,000,000
Advocate Medical Group 2013 4,000,000
Affinity Health Plan, Inc. 2009 344,579
Ameritrade 2005 200,000
Ankle & Foot Center of Tampa Bay, Inc. 2010 156,000
Anthem Inc. 2015 80,000,000
AOL 2014 2,400,000
AOL 2006 20,000,000
AOL 2004 92,000,000
Apple 2013 275,000
Apple Health Medicaid 2016 91,000
Apple, Inc./BlueToad 2012 12,367,232
Ashley Madison 2015 32,000,000
AT&T 2008 113,000
AT&T 2010 114,000
Auction.co.kr 2008 18,000,000
Australian Immigration Department 2015 unknown
Automatic Data Processing 2005 125,000
AvMed, Inc. 2009 1,220,000
Bailey’s Inc. 2015 250,000
Bank of America 2005 1,200,000
Barnes & Noble 2012 unknown
Bedford/St. Martin’s 2012 unknown
Betfair 2010 2,300,000
Bethesda Game Studios 2011 200,000
Blizzard Entertainment 2012 14,000,000
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee 2009 1,023,209
British Airways 2015 unknown
California Department of Child Support Services 2012 800,000
CardSystems Solutions Inc. 2005 40,000,000
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield – Maryland 2015 1,100,000
Central Coast Credit Union 2016 60,000
Central Hudson Gas & Electric 2013 110,000
CheckFree Corporation 2009 5,000,000
China Software Developer Network 2011 6,000,000
Chinese Software Developer Network (CSDN) 2011 38,000,000
Citigroup 2013 150,000
Citigroup 2005 3,900,000
Citigroup 2011 360,083
City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust 2007 160,000
Colorado Government 2010 105,470
Commission on Elections 2016 55,000,000
Community Health Systems 2014 4,500,000
Compass Bank 2007 1,000,000
Countrywide Financial Corp 2011 2,500,000
Countrywide Financial Corp 2006 2,600,000
Cox Communications 2016 40,000
Crescent Health Inc., Walgreens 2013 100,000
CVS 2015 unknown
Dai Nippon Printing 2007 8,637,405
Data Processors International 2008 8,000,000
Defense Integrated Data Center 2017 unknown
Deloitte 2017  350
Democratic National Committee 2016 19,252
Department of Homeland Security 2016 30,000
Domino’s Pizza 2014 600,000
Driving Standards Agency 2007 3,000,000
Dropbox 2012 unknown
Drupal 2013 1,000,000
DSW Inc. 2005 1,400,000
Dun & Bradstreet 2013 1,000,000
eBay 2014 145,000,000
Educational Credit Management Corporation 2010 3,300,000
Eisenhower Medical Center 2011 514,330
Embassy Cables 2010 251,000
Emergency Healthcare Physicians, Ltd. 2010 180,111
Emory Healthcare 2012 315,000
Equifax 2017 143,000,000
Erie County Medical Center 2017 unknown
European Central Bank 2014 unknown
Evernote 2013 50,000,000
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield 2015 10,000,000
Experian – T-Mobile 2015 15,000,000
EyeWire 2016 unknown
Facebook 2013 6,000,000
Facebook 2015 50,000,000
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland 2010 400,000
Fidelity National Information Services 2007 8,500,000
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice 2013 100,000
Formspring 2012 420,000
Friend Finder Networks 2016 412,214,295
Gamigo 2012 8,000,000
Gap Inc. 2007 800,000
Gawker 2010 1,500,000
Global Payments 2012 7,000,000
Gmail 2014 5,000,000
Greek Government 2012 9,000,000
Grozio Chirurgija 2017 25,000
GS Caltex 2008 11,100,000
Gyft 2016 unknown
Hannaford Brothers Supermarket Chain 2007 4,200,000
Health Net 2009 500,000
Health Net — IBM 2011 1,900,000
Heartland 2009 130,000,000
Heathrow Airport 2017 unknown
Hewlett Packard 2006 200,000
Hilton Hotels 2015 unknown
Home Depot 2014 56,000,000
Home Office 2008 84,000
Honda Canada 2011 283,000
Hyatt Hotels 2015 unknown
Internal Revenue Service 2015 720,000
Inuvik hospital 2016 6,700
Jefferson County West Virginia 2008 1,600,000
JP Morgan Chase 2010 2,600,000
JP Morgan Chase 2014 76,000,000
KDDI 2006 4,000,000
Kirkwood Community College 2013 125,000
KM.RU 2016 1,500,000
Korea Credit Bureau 2014 20,000,000
Kroll Background America 2013 1,000,000
KT Corporation 2012 8,700,000
Landry’s, Inc. 2015 unknown
LexisNexis 2014 1,000,000
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center 2010 130,495
LinkedIn, eHarmony, Last.fm 2012 8,000,000
Living Social 2013 50,000,000
MacRumors.com 2014 860,000
Mandarin Oriental Hotels 2014 2,835
Massachusetts Government 2011 210,000
Medicaid 2012 780,000
Medical Informatics Engineering 2015 3,900,000
Memorial Healthcare System 2011 102,153
Michaels 2014 3,000,000
MilitarySingles.com 2012 163,792
Ministry of Education 2008 6,000,000
Monster.com 2007 1,600,000
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 2011 34,000
Mozilla 2014 76,000
NASDAQ 2014 unknown
National Archives and Records Administration 2009 76,000,000
National Guard of the United States 2009 131,000
Natural Grocers 2015 93 stores
Neiman Marcus 2014 1,100,000
Nemours Foundation 2011 1,055,489
Network Solutions 2009 573,000
New York City Health & Hospitals Corp. 2010 1,700,000
New York State Electric & Gas 2012 1,800,000
New York Taxis 2014 52,000
Nexon Korea Corp 2011 13,200,000
NHS 2011 8,300,000
Nintendo 2013 240,000
Nival Networks 2016 1,500,000
Norwegian Tax Administration 2008 3,950,000
Ofcom 2016 unknown
Office of Personnel Management 2015 21,500,000
Office of the Texas Attorney General 2012 6,500,000
Ohio State University 2010 760,000
Orbitz 2018 880,000
Oregon Department of Transportation 2011 62
OVH 2013 unknown
Premera 2015 11,000,000
Puerto Rico Department of Health 2010 515,000
Rambler.ru 2012 98,167,935
RBS Worldpay 2008 1,500,000
Restaurant Depot 2011 200,000
RockYou! 2009 32,000,000
Rosen Hotels 2016 unknown
Saderat, Eghtesad Novin, and Saman 2012 3,000,000
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission 2011 180,000
Scottrade 2015 4,600,000
Scribd 2013 500,000
Seacoast Radiology, PA 2010 231,400
Sega 2011 1,290,755
Service Personnel and Veterans Agency 2008 50,500
Slack 2015 500,000
SnapChat 2013 4,700,000
Sony Online Entertainment 2011 24,600,000
Sony Pictures 2011 1,000,000
Sony PlayStation Network 2011 77,000,000
South Africa Police 2013 16,000
South Carolina Government 2012 6,400,000
South Shore Hospital, Massachusetts 2010 800,000
Southern California Medical-Legal Consultants 2011 300,000
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System 2011 400,000
Stanford University 2008 72,000
Starbucks 2008 97,000
Starwood Hotels 2015 unknown
State of Texas 2011 3,500,000
Steam 2011 35,000,000
Stratfor 2011 935,000
Supervalu 2014 200 stores
Sutter Medical Center 2011 4,243,434
Syria Files 2012 2,434,899
Taobao 2016 20,000,000
Target Corporation 2014 70,000,000
Taringa! 2017 28,722,877
TaxSlayer.com 2016 unknown
TD Bank 2012 260,000
TD Ameritrade 2007 6,300,000
TerraCom & YourTel 2013 170,000
Texas Lottery 2007 89,000
The Bank of New York Mellon 2008 12,500,000
Tianya Club 2011 28,000,000
TJ Maxx 2007 94,000,000
T-Mobile, Deutsche Telecom 2006 17,000,000
Tricare 2011 4,901,432
Triple-S Salud, Inc. 2010 398,000
Trump Hotels 2014 unknown
Tumblr 2013 65,469,298
Twitch.tv 2015 unknown
Twitter 2013 250,000
U.S. Army 2010 392,000
U.S. Army 2011 50,000
U.S. Department of Defense 2009 72,000
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs 2006 26,500,000
U.S. Law Enforcement 2011 123,461
Uber 2014 50,000
Uber 2017 57,000,000
Ubisoft 2013 unknown
Ubuntu 2013 2,000,000
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica 2015 4,500,000
UK Ministry of Defence 2008 1,700,000
UK Revenue & Customs 2007 25,000,000
Under Armour (MyFitnessPal app) 2018 150,000,000
United States Diplomatic Cables Leak 2010 260,000
University of California, Berkeley 2009 160,000
University of California, Berkeley 2016 80,000
University of Central Florida 2016 63,000
University of Maryland, College Park 2014 300,000
University of Miami 2008 2,100,000
University of Utah Hospital & Clinics 2008 2,200,000
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 2011 73,000
UPS 2014 unknown
Verizon Communications 2016 1,500,000
Virginia Department of Health 2009 8,257,378
Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program 2009 531,400
Vodafone 2013 2,000,000
VTech 2015 5,000,000
Walmart 2015 unknown
Washington Post 2011 1,270,000
Washington State Court System 2013 160,000
Weebly 2016 43,430,316
Wendy’s 2015 unknown
Writerspace.com 2011 62,000
Xat.com 2015 6,054,459
Yahoo 2014 500,000,000
Yahoo Inc. 2013 3,000,000,000
Yahoo Japan 2013 22,000,000
Yahoo! Voices 2012 450,000
Yale University 2010 43,000
Zappos 2012 24,000,000

List updated 03/31/2018

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