What it means for you The hacking group usdod claimed it had stolen personal records, including social security info, of 2.9 billion people from national public data. Lawsuit claims hackers accessed billions of records, including social security numbers, by breaching background check company. Hackers just leaked a bunch of social security numbers Here's what to know initial reports said hackers stole over 2.9 billion data entries. Over 270 million americans may have had their social security number leaked on the dark web
The latest breach involved national public data, which performs background checks. National public data disclosed a massive data breach in august 2024, which involved the social security numbers of nearly every american The data leaked also includes full names, phone numbers, and current and past addresses The total number of records breached is estimated to be 2.9 billion records, totaling 277gb of data. The breach happened after a group of hackers reportedly stole billions of records from the background check company. At&t said data on the dark web contains includes some social security numbers and passcodes for about 73 million current and former account holders.
Sensitive information like names, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses, and social security numbers were leaked.
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