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Hamilton County Clerk of Courts

Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Data Breach (2009)

Hamilton County Clerk of Courts

highVERIS
Disclosed

January 1, 2009

6294 days ago

Records

1.3M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Technology

Description

Identity thieves used a Hamilton County website to steal the Social Security numbers and other person al data of hundreds of Ohio residents, federal authorities said. Over 1.3 million records such as tax documents, medical records and bank account numbers were automatically posted on the Web si te if they were part of a criminal or civil case, land dispute, tax lien or traffic ticket.