9/19 - Data Breach in the Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Approximately 2,500 people were identified about a potential data breach in the Kentucky-based Cabinet for Health and Family Services on Tuesday. This breach was suspected after an employee responded to an email from a hacker. Read more on this story here.

9/18 - Device Theft Remains Biggest Risk for Breach Incidents

A recent study by the accounting firm Kaufman Rossin & Co. in Southern Florida has revealed that although the total number of breach incidents (affecting 500 or more people) dropped from 2010 to 2011, the top threat remained theft of portable devices. Read more on the study here.

9/14 - New Hampshire, Virginia Among Top 5 States for Data Breaches

According to data from the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Census Bureau, the top 5 states for data breaches when population is accounted for include Virginia, Utah, New Hampshire, Tennessee and South Carolina. Read more here.

9/12 - UPDATE: Hacked Apple Device IDs

About a week ago, hackers posted online that they had retrieved 1,000,000 Apple Device IDs from the laptop of an FBI agent. Monday, it was discovered that these IDs were not in fact stolen from the FBI, but from a Florida digital publishing company, BlueToad. Read more about these developments here.

9/10 - 94 Million Exposed in Government Sector Breaches

Between January 1, 2009 and May 31, 2012, 268 incidences of data breaches occurred in the government sector, according to an analysis of government data breach data. These breaches are expected to have exposed 94 Million records containing personally identifiable information. Read more on this story here.

9/5 - Data Breach Compromises Boston Customers' Data

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission reported that a contractor hired to upgrade meter reading software is missing a hard drive containing customer account information.

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9/4 - Hackers Post 1,000,000 Apple Device IDs

In one of the worst data breaches exposed this summer, hackers posted 1 million Apple unique device identification numbers (UDIDs) on Monday for Apple products such as iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch’s, all purportedly stolen from the FBI.

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8/29 - 55,000 Cancer Care Group Patients’ Data Compromised

Officials from Cancer Care Group announced on Tuesday that a data breach may have compromised the personal health information of 55,000 patients.

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8/28 - Credit Card Information Hacked at College at Brockport

College at Brockport announced that it has spent $20,000 over the summer to install a new credit card processing system after a data breach. Hackers infiltrated the college’s computers and stole bank and credit card information.

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8/22 - 34,000 Affected in USC Data Breach

University of South Carolina has begun notifying the 34,000 people, all with connections to the College of Education, whose personal information may have been accessed in a computer intrusion.

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