2008 — U.S. State Department: Passport applicants in the D, 383 records
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Passport applicants in the D.C.
area were notified of a breach in a database that allowed a ring of
thieves to obtain confidential information so they could fraudulently
use credit cards stolen from the mail. The compromised included information
Social Security numbers, physical descriptions, names and places of
birth of the applicants' parents.
Root cause
Insider