2009 Data Breaches: An Interactive Timeline

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A Look at the Top Breaches Involving U.S. Financial Institutions

January 12, 2010 - Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor

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Editor's Note: The following is a list of data breaches that have affected U.S. financial institutions in 2009. The information was compiled from the 2009 Data Breach Report by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), based in San Diego, CA.

JANUARY:

Heartland Payment Systems,
Princeton, NJ
Date: January 20
Records Taken: 130 million credit and debit card account numbers
Type of Breach: Outside network intrusion

Heartland Payment Systems announced on Jan. 20 that its network had been breached. The payment processor handles transactions for 250,000 merchants. Subsequently, it was revealed through indictments that 130 million credit/debit cards were compromised by the breach.


Gregory Navone,
Las Vegas, NV
Date: January 21
Records Taken: 230 credit reports
Type of breach: Missing paper documents