Social security numbers, personal information exposed in data breach, cybersecurity expert weighs in

National Public Data admits it leaked Social Security numbers in a massive data breach

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge National Public Data (NPD), a company that resells collected personal data for background checks, has confirmed that a data breach leaked names, Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and more. As reported by Bleeping Computer, dark web forum posters have advertised and shared supposedly stolen data from a breach of the company’s systems for months without a statement or response from NPD. Final…

National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers

Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database with millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. [...]

Social security numbers, personal information exposed in data breach, cybersecurity expert weighs in

Billions of records containing Americans’ private information have been exposed on the dark web. Information stolen includes names, address histories, social security numbers, birthdays, and aliases.

National Public Data Confirms Breach Exposing Social Security Numbers

BleepingComputer's Ionut Ilascu reports: Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database with millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. The company states that the breached data...

National Public Data confirms breach, scope unknown

Data aggregator National Public Data, or NPD, confirmed a breach this week after large amounts of personal records connected to an alleged attack leaked.