October Data Breach Monthly: We Keep Tabs On Companies That Have Been Hacked (So You Don’t Have To)

According to data from the Identity Theft Resource Center, there have been 577 data breaches so far in 2015, resulting in the unlawful exposure of 155,825,425 personal identities.

Let’s run through some of the recent violations that you may not have heard about in the news.

Companies Breached and Individuals Harmed
Company | State | Industry | Records Exposed

Claystone Clinical Services/Insurance Data Services | WY | 2,900
Lee Memorial Health System | FL | 1,508
LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine | LA | 5,000
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools | NC | 7,600
Molina Healthcare/CVS | CA | 54,203
Central New Mexico Community College | NM | 3,000
U.S. Army Free Assistance Program | DC | 8,000
Empi, Inc. | MN | Healthcare | 160,000
Pediatric Group | IL | Healthcare | 10,000
Endocrinology Associates, Inc. | OH | Healthcare | 1,400
Dept. of Human Services | CO | Government | 3,044
Akron Children’s Hospital | OH | Healthcare | 7,664
Web.com | FL | eCommerce | 93,000
Auto Zone | TN | Retail | 49,967
Walgreen’s | IL | Retail | 8,345
Baylor College of Medicine | TX | Healthcare | 1,004
T. J. Samson Community Hospital | KY | Healthcare | 2,060

Identity theft is everywhere. If you use a credit card online or at the store, you’re vulnerable. Your medical records are vulnerable. Your tax records are vulnerable. Your mailbox is vulnerable, and so on. We will be back next month with more to report, as this crime wave has no current end in sight.