National Public Data data breach overview:ย
- Who: A threat actor allegedly leaked nearly 2.7 billion public records containing personal information on the Breached hacking forum.ย
- Why: Hackers allegedly stole the information during a data breach involving National Public Data.
- Where: The public records leak reportedly may affect every individual in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.ย
A threat actor leaked nearly 2.7 billion public records containing personal information belonging to U.S., U.K. and Canadian citizens on a hacking forum earlier this month.ย
The public records, which hackers allegedly stole during a data breach involving National Public Data, include names, Social Security numbers, physical addresses and other possible information, Bleeping Computer reports.
National Public Data reportedly collects and sells personal information to be used for conducting background checks, obtaining criminal records and helping with private investigations.ย
The company, which uses the information it collects to create user profiles for individuals in the United States and other countries, believed to obtain the data by scraping it from public sources, according to Bleeping Computer.ย
The leaked data reportedly includes two text files totaling 277GB and consisting of almost 2.7 billion plaintext records.ย
Threat actors claim to have stolen record of every individual in US, UK, Canada
In April, a threat actor known as USDod reportedly claimed to have stolen 2.9 billion records containing information belonging to every individual in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada and attempted to sell the data for $3.5 million, Bleeping Computer reports.ย ย
USDod was previously linked to trying to sell non-profit organization InfraGardโs user database for $50,000 in December 2023, Bleeping Computer says.
Since USDodโs claim, several threat actors reportedly released partial copies of the allegedly stolen data, with the leaks containing different numbers of records and, at times, data.ย
A threat actor by the name โFenice, โposted the latest leak on the Breached hacking forum, Bleeping Computer says. Fenice reportedly claims a threat actor known as โSXUL,โ not USDod, obtained the data.ย
Anyone who lives in the United States is likely affected in some way by the leak, according to Bleeping Computer, which reports the data contains hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers.ย
Consumers filed several class actions recently against companies in the wake of data breaches, including Intuit, Ticketmaster, Live Nation and AT&T. The companies allegedly fail to prevent the data breaches by having proper security safeguards in place.ย
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I too have received 5 warnings from various sources that monitor my information and these sources multiple times have reported my information on the dark web. Someone tried to open a chase credit card in my name and my sister suffered the same problem with someone trying twice to open a BofA card in her name. Is there a class action suit we can join? Microsoft Defender just sent me another notice today.
Please add me. I have confirmation showing my information is out on the dark web and getting pinged nearly every month. I need help on this.
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I just received a letter about my data has been breached ss# and all. Please add me
I already received 10 emails from Experian, Transunion and Equifax informing me of a data breach with National Public Data. This is bad because no my information is on the dark web. My personal information was already used in a fraudulent act. I would like to be included in this case and I would like a lawyer to contact me. Thank you.
National Public Data compromised my personal information. I received 4 message stating that my SSN was on the dark web. Please add me to the list.
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I recently learned my personal info was leaked in 26 data breaches dating 2017-2024. My Ss and more is found on the dark web and TransUnion sent me a credit report that isnโt my correct SS. Financial institutions Iโve never used send me emails re my account & all sorts of weird stuff. Most of the accounts I never used or set up so I canโt access. Getting a credIt report from Equfax or Esperian is impossible. Please help! i