DataLossDB Site Beta
August 7, 2008 – 5:33 pm
by Doug Pollack
The Attrition.org site has now re-emerged as DataLossDB. Their mission is described as follows on their site:
“DataLossDB, formerly the Attrition.org, Data Loss Database Open Source, is an research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide. The effort is now a community one, with the move to OSF, and relies on the contributions of users like you to grow and prune the database. ”
This is a terrific new resource that will help ensure that the size and scope of data breach events, as well as those individuals that may be impacted, is made public and generally available.
One Response to “DataLossDB Site Beta”
You might be interested in a recent addition to DataLossDB - a database (linked to the main DB) of primary sources. These are scanned versions of notification letters, report forms, and related correspondence obtained from state governments. They add a degree of texture to the otherwise antiseptic numbers, I think.
http://datalossdb.org/primary_sources
By chris on Dec 10, 2008