#California #privacy regulator seeks to fine #Florida data broker after huge breach of Social Security numbers
Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/brazil-arrests-usdod-hacker-in-fbi-infragard-breach/
#NationalPublicData #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #ALittleSunshine #DataBreaches #EquationCorp #CrowdStrike #RaidForums #InfraGard #Hackread #Intel471 #Tecmundo #TVGlobo #NetSec #USDoD #fbi
Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach - Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of b... https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/brazil-arrests-usdod-hacker-in-fbi-infragard-breach/ #nationalpublicdata #neer-do-wellnews #alittlesunshine #databreaches #equationcorp #crowdstrike #raidforums #infragard #hackread #intel471 #tecmundo #tvglobo #netsec #usdod #fbi
National Public Data files for bankruptcy after massive data breach put "hundreds of millions" at risk
National Public Data, a background check service that collects and stores large amounts of personal data, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to recover from suffering a devastating cyberattack in December 2023
#NationalPublicData #NPD #databreach #security #cybersecurity #infosec #business #bankruptcy #hackers #hacking #hacked
Headline: National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy
Snippet: A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation.
Episode 258: Broken Brokers – Optery’s Fight To Claw Back Your Personal Data - Lawrence Gentilello, the co-founder and CEO of Optery talks about the growing scan... https://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/903696182/0/thesecurityledger~Episode-Broken-Brokers-Opterys-Fight-To-Claw-Back-Your-Personal-Data/ #personaldatamanagement #nationalpublicdata #identitytheft #dataprivacy #databroker #companies #datatheft #spotlight #facebook #podcasts #startup #threats #hacking #optery #trends #att
So even though I am not in a state that National Public Data recognizes as having a right to OPT-OUT, I sent an OPT-OUT demand to them this morning because the information they had on me that got leaked was a mix of accurate and inaccurate info.
To my surprise, they responded within hours. In their email they wrote, in part:
"We have removed the entire database from our system. We may be required to retain certain records to comply with legal obligations; we will retain your request and our response for our records. Please note that while we are unable to edit or remove third-party data about you, including in public records, we will not sell your personal information through our services."
I hadn't seen anything on their website statement/notice about them removing the database from their system.
Interesting....
What a difference a day makes: "im not turn myself in" -- Brazilian threat actor known as #USDoD #NatSec #EquationCorp and other aliases
National Public Data leaked passwords online
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/08/national-public-data-leaked-passwords-online #DataLeak #NPD #NationalPublicData
Major 'National Public Data' Leak Worse Than Expected With Passwords Stored in Plain Text - MacRumors
#Idiots #NationalPublicData #Hack #ShittyCompanies
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/20/npd-data-leak-plain-text/
Headline: National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords
Snippet: Following last week’s story on the breadth of the NPD breach, a reader alerted KrebsOnSecurity that a sister NPD property — the background search service recordscheck.net — was hosting an archive that included the usernames and password for the site’s administrator.
Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/national-public-data-published-its-own-passwords/
National Public #Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
Looks like #NPD has finally come out and confirmed that at least some of the data leaked came from their systems. They don’t provide much information though.
You’d think they’d be a little more forthcoming, given the situation. But that’s obviously asking for too much.
Reminder: even if your email is found in this breach, it doesn’t necessarily mean your SSN was leaked. A portion of the data is also inaccurate (wrong SSNs to the wrong people, for example) and many people have repeated rows (which may hold inaccurate information.) The data allegedly also includes information of deceased individuals. The data also includes UK and Canadian citizens.
The 2.9 billion records cited in the major news outlets does NOT mean 2.9 billion unique records. There are not 2.9 billion SSNs.
#NationalPublicData confirms massive data breach included #SocialSecurityNumbers
Social Security numbers, names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers were in the 2.9 billion records within a data #breach. #Security firm Pentester.com tool tells you if your data is involved.
#privacy
Hackers may have leaked the #SocialSecurity Numbers (#SSN) of every #American
A dump of 2.7 billion records includes names, aliases and known physical addresses.
The data, which is unencrypted, is believed to have been obtained from a #databroker called #NationalPublicData.
On August 6th, a #threatactor known as "#Fenice" leaked the most complete version of the stolen National Public Data data for free on the #Breached hacking forum.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/
The NPD breach is unreal. It's maybe the most dangerous data breach ever. This is because:
1. It impacts billions of people
2. It's a doxing hope chest
3. ID theft nightmare
Apparently freezing your credit files is a great way to protect yourself. Here's a guide on doing that:
Some important context and clarifications about the “Massive data leak” headlines going around:
https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-3-billion-people-national-public-data-breach/
This has gotten a ton of boosts so I think it's important to highlight nuanced expert analysis of the situation instead of the original headline below.
Thanks @paco
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“Massive data leak may include the personal data of every person in the US, UK, and Canada” — @9to5Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2024/08/13/massive-data-leak-national-public-data/
Background check company breached, nearly 3 billion exposed in data theft
Jerico Pictures Inc., a background check company that does business under the name National Public Data was breached by hackers earlier this year.
As a result, the lawsuit says, confidential data for 2.9 billion was exposed and stolen by a hacker group known as USDoD.
#JericoPictures #NationalPublicData #USDoD #databreach #security #cybersecurity #infosec #hackers #hacking #hacked
https://mashable.com/article/background-check-company-breached-3-billion-affected
Well, this is awful. PII data was apparently collected en masse and without consent by National Public Data, who was then breached, and now 2.9 billion people have SSN, name, and address, going back as far as 30 years, exposed on the dark web.
@hkrn It's always funny when data breaches are revealed through lawsuits.
2.9 BILLION PEOPLE's PII was stolen from National Public Data, dating as far back as 30 years, and includes social security numbers, full names, former and current addresses.
NPD is a background check and fraud prevention company.
National Public Data collected some of the information through website scraping. Everyone should be compensated accordingly imo, the collected data to be destroyed, and National Public Data to be shut down.
