City of Savannah, Georgia: A peach of a breach!

Data Loss Source:   City of Savannah, Georgia
Date of Loss:  September 2006
Size of Loss:  8800 files
Affected Individuals: Individuals who were caught by the “Red Light Camera Enforcement Program”
Geographic Focus:  Savannah, Georgia
Data contained: name, address, driver’s license number, vehicle identification number, and SSNs of those individuals whose driver’s license number is still the SSN.
Additional Notes:  Information kept on a server was accessed by internet search engines. Confidential vehicle registration information was inadvertently exposed. (for approx. 6 months)
Additional Information:   City of Savannah has a data sheet here

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