Data Loss Source: Sinclair Community College announced that a file folder containing employee data was visible to Web search engines.
Date of Breach: Nov. 14, 2008
Size of Loss : 958
Affected Individuals: Current and former employees
Geographic Focus: Dayton, Ohio
Data contained: Names and Social Security numbers
Additional Notes: Sinclair President Steven Lee Johnson said the affected employees worked full-time at Sinclair from July 2000 through November 2001.
Additional Information: Dayton Daily News

Data Loss Source: Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits manager, received a letter in October threatening to expose millions of patient records. The letter asked for money and included client data.
Date of Breach: Nov. 14, 2008
Size of Loss : 75
Affected Individuals: Customers.
Geographic Focus: United States
Data contained: Names, dates of birth, social security numbers and in some cases prescription information for 75 people.
Additional Notes: Express Scripts is offering $1 million reward for information leading to the data breach. Anyone with information on the breach should call the FBI at 800-CALL-FBI.
Additional Information: San Francisco Chronicle

Data Loss Source: Arizona’s Department of Economic Security said five hard drives stolen from a storage unit contained the personal information of up to 40,000 children.
Date of Breach: Nov. 7, 2008
Size of Loss : 40,000
Affected Individuals: Children who received services from Arizona’s Department of Economic Security
Geographic Focus: Seattle, WA
Data contained: Social Security numbers, names, addresses and phone numbers.
Additional Notes: A department spokesman said the hard drives were all password-protected and the agency does not believe any of the information has been accessed.
Additional Information: United Press International

Data Loss Source: The University of Florida said that an unknown attacker gained access to a server in its College of Dentistry
Date of Breach: Nov. 12, 2008
Size of Loss : 330,000
Affected Individuals: Patients
Geographic Focus: Florida
Data contained: Personal information on the compromised server included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, and in some cases, dental procedure care information for patients dating to 1990.
Additional Notes: The university has contacted the FBI and is investigating the security breach.
Additional Information: Network World

Data Loss Source: The Seattle School District acknowledged personal information, including Social Security numbers, was inadvertently released to a local union representing some district workers.
Date of Breach: Nov. 1, 2008
Size of Loss : 5,000
Affected Individuals: Sistrict employees
Geographic Focus: Seattle, WA
Data contained: Social Security numbers, salary information, home addresses and other data.
Additional Notes: Victims included 700 members of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 609, which represents custodial, nutritional services, security- and alarm-monitoring workers.
Additional Information: Seattle Times