National Public Data Breach: 2.7bn Records Leaked on Dark Web
www.techrepublic.comOn August 6, 2.7 billion records from National Public Data, including social security numbers, were leaked on a dark web forum.
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If they have my data and it includes a SSN, I can guarantee it’s not accurate.
Spoiler: it is only a fraction of that
They duplicated records and hoped no one would notice. Don’t believe me? Look at the data yourself or find someone who has.
They appear to have Experian or TransUnion data which provides multiple records for a single individual. If they pulled in records from multiple sources, (eg, all the credit agencies), then the number of records per person would balloon rapidly.
The worrying thing is that if these are timestamped, that set of data can tell an awful lot about a person that’s useful for identity theft.
They are actually identical according to posts I’ve scene online
How does that work, when the total population of those countries is less than 0.5 billion?
Honest question: If these sources are non-public, how did National Public Data get access?
Facetious questions: If they are using private or restricted sources of data accumulation on an international scale, should they be calling themselves National Public Data? Seems like Global Private Data would be more fitting.
I smell a lawsuit
Your 0.0034$ is in the mail