Hackers may have leaked the Social Security Numbers of every American2024-08-13 19:59 by DanielaTags: hackers
Nearly 2.7 billion personal information records for people in the United States have been posted to a popular hacking forum, exposing names, addresses, and even Social Security numbers. The data allegedly comes from a company that collects and sells the data for legitimate use, but was stolen and put up for sale in April 2024. Originally, a threat actor known as USDoD claimed to have stolen the information from National Public Data. National Public Data scrapes the information from public sources, uses it to compile individual profiles, and then sells those portfolios. The company serves private investigators as well as entities needing to conduct background checks and obtain criminal records. When USDoD first obtained the data, it offered to sell it for $3.5 million. The hacker claimed it contained 2.9 billion records and consisted of personal information for every person in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the past, USDoD has been linked to another database breach, trying to sell InfraGard’s user database for $50,000 in December 2023. Read more -here-
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