In Pictures: The worst data breach incidents of 2012 – so far

Out of 189 breaches recorded through mid-June, here are the top 15 according to Identity Theft Resource Center.

University of Nebraska

Located: Lincoln, Neb.

No. of records exposed: A data breach of 654,000 files of personal data related to students, alumni, parents and university employees from the Nebraska Student Information Systems database; a student is the suspected culprit.

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