National Public Data Details

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    National Public Data

    Coral Springs, Florida • employees •

    United States

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    Security Incidents

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    Jerico Pictures, which operates National Public Data (NPD), is a background-checking service which scrapes personally identifiable information (PII) of individuals from non-public sources.

    Security Incidents

    National Public Data Breach of Apr 2024
    Severity Score
    Very High

    Type

    Data Breach

    Summary

    On April 8, 2024, a cybercriminal known as USDoD offered a database for sale on a dark web forum, claiming it contained the personal data of 2.9 billion individuals from National Public Data (NPD), a background-check service. This database reportedly included sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and phone numbers. However, experts have noted discrepancies, asserting that some of the data might be inflated or sourced from other leaks.

    NPD later confirmed that it suffered a data breach resulting from a December 2023 security incident. The company initially st...
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    Severity

    The National Public Data breach stands out as an alarming incident due to its immense scale and the sensitivity of the leaked data. Initially believed to have impacted up to 2.9 billion records, the breach revealed social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of current and deceased individuals. This incident not only marks one of the largest data breaches in terms of personal data exposed, but it also involves significant negligence on the part of the data broker for failing to safeguard this information properly.

    The breach underscores the complexities and challeng...
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    Impact

    The cyber incident involving National Public Data, operated by Jerico Pictures Inc., represents a significant data breach impacting millions of individuals. Initially discovered in April 2024, a database, allegedly stolen by a threat actor known as USDoD, was put up for sale on the dark web, exposing the personal data of potentially 2.9 billion individuals. This makes it one of the largest breaches in history. However, subsequent investigations revealed that the database actually contained hundreds of millions of unique social security numbers, names, addresses, and other sensitive information...
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