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Hackers Leak 2.7 Billion Data Records with SSNs
Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases.
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... The data allegedly comes from National Public Data, a company that collects and sells access to personal data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, and for private investigators. National Public Data is believed to scrape this information from public sources to compile individual user profiles for people in the US and other countries. In April, a threat actor known as USDoD claimed to be selling 2.9 billion records containing the personal data of people in the US, UK, and Canada that was stolen from National Public Data. At the time, the threat actor attempted to sell the data for $3.5 million and claimed it contained records for every person in the three countries. USDoD is a known threat actor who was previously linked to an attempted sale of InfraGard's user database in December 2023 for $50,000. BleepingComputer, at the time, contacted National Public Data and never received a response to our email. Stolen data leaked for free ...
National Public Data is believed to scrape this information from public sources to compile individual user profiles for people in the US and other countries.
In April, a threat actor known as USDoD claimed to be selling 2.9 billion records containing the personal data of people in the US, UK, and Canada that was stolen from National Public Data.
At the time, the threat actor attempted to sell the data for $3.5 million and claimed it contained records for every person in the three countries.
USDoD is a known threat actor who was previously linked to an attempted sale of InfraGard's user database in December 2023 for $50,000.
BleepingComputer, at the time, contacted National Public Data and never received a response to our email.
Stolen data leaked for free ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-08-13 03:28 PM | Reply
Perhaps public executions might remedy these hack-happy hoodlums.
#2 | Posted by Wardog at 2024-08-13 05:03 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2
So folks, 2.7B records stolen with SSN's... and we have a maximum of 1B social security numbers... how is this possible?
#3 | Posted by Politicalcow at 2024-08-14 12:48 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
kinda makes me glad I'm old and don't have much to lose... seriously... when you reach the age where you know you are just kicking the can down the road... it's a freeing experience. I've already used up most of whatever I had... so what will they do with this info?
Hell most of us are only alive today because of vaccines and antibiotics... now this is coming after us? To do what? I don't even know what having that data empowers them to do... what about the other 5 billion inhabitants on the planet?
soooooo many questions... I don't have time for.
#4 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-08-14 02:47 AM | Reply | Funny: 1
"So folks, 2.7B records stolen with SSN's... and we have a maximum of 1B social security numbers... how is this possible?""
a) a person could have multiple "records" in that system b) as the article states, it was more than just US citizens involved in the leak
#5 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-08-14 05:39 AM | Reply
From the short article: "It is important to note that a person will have multiple records, one for each address they are known to have lived. This also means that this data breach did not impact 3 billion people as has been erroneously reported in many articles that did not properly research the data."
#6 | Posted by hamburglar at 2024-08-14 06:05 AM | Reply
#2 I agree with war dog.
We need ultimate penalties for both hacking and for failure to properly secure and compartmentalize such important data. The problem is two fold.
#7 | Posted by Robson at 2024-08-14 06:14 AM | Reply
it was more than just US citizens
Exactly. When you are not born in the US or live in the US you have a identification number given by the IRS that substitutes for SSN on a tax return but does expire unless renewed.
#8 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-08-14 07:22 AM | Reply
Checked mine, not in the breach.
Go out and put a fraud alert on your credit file.
#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-08-14 07:25 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1
#9 | Posted by Nixon
If you haven't done this yet you're kinda foolish.
#10 | Posted by jpw at 2024-08-15 09:24 AM | Reply
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