Data Breaches Affecting Wisconsin Citizens

Data Breaches: What To Do If It Happens To You (2 page PDF)

January, 2010

Date Public Notified
Date of Breach
Company
Data Stolen

January 2010

December 2009

Lincoln Financial Securities (LFS)

Name, SSN and financial account numbers

Who’s affected
Details

Approximately 1,200,000 individual records, to include approximately 13,000 Wisconsin residents.

Sample letter

LFS discovered a portfolio information system was potentially vulnerable to unauthorized access. A forensic exam concluded there is no reason to believe the records were actually accessed and no fraud with the records has been reported to date.

LFS is in the process of mailing notification letters to those affected and is offering credit monitoring services with Kroll ID TheftSmart services at no cost for one year.

If you feel you are a victim of identity theft as a result of this breach, contact the Office of Privacy Protection at (800)422-7128 or  email us at wisconsinprivacy@wisconsin.gov

 




2009 Data Breaches

December 2009 details>>

  • December, 9, 2009: Eastern Illinois University

November 2009 details>>

  • November, 25, 2009: Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center – Milwaukee

September 2009 details>>

  • September 2009: Express Scripts

August 2009 details>>

  • August 2009: Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
  • August 2009: Chase Bank
  • August 19, 2009: Radisson Hotels and Resorts
  • August 5, 2009: Army National Guard – Arlington, VA

July 2009 details>>

  • July 24, 2009: Network Solutions
  • July 10, 2009: Lexis Nexis

June 2009 details>>

  • June 2, 2009: CS Stars, LLC

May 2009 details>>

  • May 5, 2009: UC Berkely University Health Services
  • May 6, 2009: Lexis Nexis - U.S. Postal Service
  • May 27, 2009: AARP
  • May 29, 2009: Breakout Apparel Co.

April 2009 details>>

  • April 29, 2009: Wisconsin Dept. of Corrections

February 2009 details>>

  • February 9, 2009: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  • February 10, 2009: JetDirect, LLC

January 2009 details>>

  • January 15, 2009: DOC Electric
  • January 20, 2009: Heartland Payment Services
  • January 23, 2009: City of Madison, Wisconsin
  • January, 2009: Monster.com

2008 Data Breaches

December 2008 details>>

  • December 23, 2008: RBS World Pay (formerly RBS Link)
  • December 2, 2008: CheckFree

November 2008 details>>

  • November 24, 2008: Luxottica Retail, db, Lenscrafters Eyewear
  • November, 2008: Starbucks Corp

October 2008 details>>

  • October 14, 2008: Cole National Group - Things Remembered

September 2008 details>>

  • September 25, 2008: Coral Springs City Attorneys Office
  • September 6, 2008: Countrywide Mortgage Company
  • May and ongoing, 2008: Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon

July 2008 details>>

  • July 22, 2008: Moraine Park Technical College, Fond du Lac and West Bend campuses

June 2008 details>>

  • June 16, 2008: Quixtar, Inc; Amway Global
  • June 10, 2008: University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics

May 2008 details>>

  • May 16, 2008: Altman Weil, Inc.
  • May, 2008 (and March, 2008; two notifications): Bank of New york (BNY) Mellon

March 2008 details>>

  • March, 2008 and May, 2008 (two notifications): Bank of New york (BNY) Mellon
  • March 19, 2008: Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association

February 2008 details>>

  • February 27, 2008: Marathon County
  • February 22, 2008: Kurt Bischoff Tax & Accounting, Inc.
  • Early February , 2008: Administrative Systems, Inc.
  • Early February , 2008: Kiwanis International

January 2008 details>>

  • January 31, 2008: Health Net Federal Services
  • January 7, 2008: University of Wisconsin - Dept. of IT
  • January 15, 2008: Wisconsin Department of Reveune
  • January 9, 2008: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

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