Data Loss Source: Hundreds of Ground Zero workers were exposed to potential identity theft when stacks of payroll sheets – which included their names and Social Security numbers – were dumped in the trash along with confidential plans for the new World Trade Center.
Date of Loss: April 22, 2008
Size of Loss : Unknown
Affected Individuals: Union workers who cleaned up the debris from the Sept. 11 attack.
Geographic Focus: New York, NY
Data contained: Names and Social Security numbers
Additional Notes: The payroll information was found by self-described “salvage experts” in a trash bin behind 115 Broadway – which houses offices rented by the Port Authority to run the rebuilding effort.
Additional Information: New York Post

Data Loss Source: A Lassell College employee hacked its network, gaining access to personal information of students, employees and alumni.
Date of Loss: March 20, 2008
Size of Loss : 20,000
Affected Individuals: Social Security numbers.
Geographic Focus: New England
Data contained: Information included names and Social Security numbers
Additional Notes: The school, which has about 1,300 students, said the breach was carried out by a member of its IT department.
Additional Information: Mass High Tech

Data Loss Source: A Rhode Island Department of Administration computer disk containing the social security numbers of nearly 1,400 people has been reported missing.
Date of Loss: March 21, 2008
Size of Loss : 1,400
Geographic Focus: Rhode Island
Data contained: Social Security numbers
Additional Notes: The state Department of Administration says there’s no evidence that any of the numbers have been misused or that the disk fell into the hands of an unauthorized person.
Additional Information: Providence Eyewitness News

Data Loss Source: The state of Pennsylvania was forced to pull the plug on a voter registration Web site after it was found to be exposing sensitive data about voters. Because of a Web programming error, the Web site was allowing anyone on the Internet to view data.
Date of Loss: March 20, 2008
Size of Loss : 30,000
Affected Individuals: Voters
Geographic Focus: Harrisburg, PA
Data contained: Voter’s name, date of birth, driver’s license number, and political party affiliation.
Additional Notes: The Department acted immediately to disable the Pennsylvania voter services web site.
Additional Information: WPSU

Data Loss Source: A Binghamton University employee mistakenly sent an email attachment containing the names, grade point averages and Social Security numbers of junior and senior accounting students to another group of School of Management students.
Date of Loss: March 17, 2008
Size of Loss : 300
Affected Individuals: Students
Geographic Focus: Binghampton, NY
Data contained: Names, grade point averages and Social Security numbers.
Additional Notes: The e-mail, sent by the Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising for the School of Management Brian Perry, was supposed to go to accounting faculty members seeking input on student awards. It also should not have contained “unnecessary information,” the university told students in a letter informing them of the situation.
Additional Information: PressConnects.com