All we here about is the COVID numbers. What about our PII (Personal Identifiable Information) information? Doesn’t anyone care about the information that is being leaked on to the web? How about all of the data that is being exposed each time that you post something on Facebook, Twitter or any other sites. This information can be used to created a digital identity for you. In this article we will expose the data breaches that have happened since the beginning of the year 2020 till now. Hold on to your chairs, this is going to be a wild one.
| Company | Exposed | Date |
| Landry’s | credit/debit cards/verification codes expiration dates | Jan 2, 2020 |
| Peekaboo Moments | email addresses, geo location data, device data, links to photos | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Hanna Anderson | names, shipping addresses, billing information | Jan 22, 2020 |
| Microsoft | 280 Million customer records, email addresses, IP addresses and support case information | Jan 22, 2020 |
| Marijuana Dispensaries | 85,000 medical patients | Jan 23, 2020 |
| Estee Lauder | 440 Million customer records, email addresses, storage information | Feb 11, 2020 |
| Fifth Third Bank | 1,150 branches, customer names, email addresses, SSN, driver licenses, Mother’s maiden names , address phone number, DOB, Acct numbers | Feb 11, 2020 |
| Health Share of Oregon | 654,000 medical information , names, addresses, phone numbers, DOB, SSN, Medicaid #’s | Feb 13, 2020 |
| MGM Resorts | 10.6 million hotel guests, names, addresses, phone, numbers, emails, DOB | Feb 20, 2020 |
| PhotoSquared | 100,000 , photos, names, addresses, order receipts, shipping labels | Feb 20,2020 |
| SlickWraps | 850,000 names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers, purchase history | Feb 24, 2020 |
| Walgreens | undisclosed, 10 million app downloads, names, prescription information, drug names, store numbers and addresses | Mar 2, 2020 |
| Carnival Cruise Lines | Princess and Holland America , names, addresses, SSN, Gov ID, Passport #’s , DL#, CC# health related information | Mar 4, 2020 |
| J-Crew | unknown, last 4 CC#, Expiration dates, card types, billing addresses, order numbers, shipping confirmation numbers, shipping status | Mar 4, 2020 |
| T-Mobile | unknown, names, addresses, SSN, financial information, GOV ID, phone numbers billing and account information | Mar 5, 2020 |
| Whisper | 900 Million, nicknames, ages, ethnicities, genders, location of data | Mar 11, 2020 |
| TrueFire | unknown, names, addresses, payment info, CC Exp, Security codes | Mar 18, 2020 |
| Unnamed UK Security Firm | 5 billion records, stored on Elaticsearch (AWS), information from Adobe, Twitter, Tumbler and LinkedIn (over last 7 years of data) | Mar 19, 2020 |
| General Electric | 280,000 current and former employees, names, addresses, SSN, DL#, bank account info, passport numbers, DOB | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Marriot Int | 5.2 million guest information, names, addresses, email, phone numbers, loyalty info, company genders, DOB, Airline loyalty and language | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Key Ring | 14 million, names, full CC# info, email, DOB, address, membership ID numbers, retail club loyalty card, GOV ID, gift cards, medical card info medical marijuana IDs, IP address, encrypted passwords | Apr 6, 2020 |
| SanFrancisco (SFO) | usernames, passwords | Apr 13, 2020 |
| Zoom | 500,000 found on dark web , sale .02 , email, passwords, personal meetings URLs, host keys | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Quidd | 4 million posted on dark web for free, usernames email, hashed account passwords | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Beaumont Health | 112,000 employees and patients , names, DOB, SSN, DL#, Medical condition and bank info | Apr 20, 2020 |
| 267 million profiles on dark web for sale, $600, | Apr 21, 2020 | |
| Paay | 2.5 million card transcations CC#, Exp Date, Amount spent | Apr 22, 2020 |
| Nintendo | 160,000 player accounts, name, DOB, gender Country/Region and email | Apr 27, 2020 |
| Ambry Electronics | 233,000 medical patients, medical information, SSN , names | Apr 28, 2020 |
| GoDaddy | 19 million , user names, passwords | May 4, 2020 |
| Fresensious Group | Ransomeware attack — held company hostage for BitCoin – Dialysis Company | May 5, 2020 |
| U.S. Marshals | 387,000 current and former inmates, names, DOB SSN and addresses | May 13, 2020 |
| Magellan Health | Ransomeware attack – W2 or 1099 information | May 13, 2020 |
| Home Chef | 8 million users, names, email, phone numbers, scrambled passwords, last 4 CC# | May 20, 2020 |
| Wishbone | 40 million mobile app users, for sale on dark web usernames, emails , phone numbers. location information and hashed passwords | May 20, 2020 |
| Mathway | 25 million app users, sale on dark web, email , passwords | May 24, 2020 |
| Amtrak | undisclosed , usernames, passwords and PII | Jun 2, 2020 |
| Claires | 3500 locations, Pay information unknown | Jun 15, 2020 |
| Cognizant | Ransomeware attack, PII, Financial info | Jun 17, 2020 |
| BlueLeaks | 296GB of data, US Law Enforcement agencies and fuse centers , scanned documents, videos, emails audio files, PII , Financial info | Jun 22, 2020 |
| undisclosed business accounts, Business users email , Last 4 CC#, phone numbers | Jun 23, 2020 | |
| Clubillion | Millions of users PII, IP addresses, amount won, 200 million records a day exposed | July 7, 2020 |
There you have it. Now the questions is your data safe? Most likely you can see that it is not. But there are ways that you can protect yourself. If you have not gotten a chance , get my book “Identity Theft Exposed“. We go over the different types of Identity Theft and also how to prevent it from happening. If it does happen then we can help you to restore your identity. The bottom line is that there are scarier things then COVID. Each day your data maybe exposed and then used for evil deeds. Do yourself a favor and get your self protected. Anyone that becomes a client we will give you a bonus. Just mention this article in your comments.
Be Safe and Keep your family Safe.
God Bless you and your family.
