National public data of U.S. people consists of nearly 2.7 billion records was stolen from a data broker earlier this year have been released on Breach Forums, exposing the PII of Americans.
The data is said to include names, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers and other additional details in an unencrypted format. However, it did not include phone numbers and email addresses, which were in the original stolen data offered for sale earlier this year.
National Public Data was founded in 2008 and based in Coral Springs, Florida, provides services to businesses to perform background checks on prospective employees and others. The data broker obtains personal information from public and nonpublic databases, court records, state and national databases and other repositories. The data gathered by the company often includes sensitive personal information that is used as part of the background check process.
In April 2024, this breach was undertaken by a criminal group known as USDoD, which originally offered the stolen data for sale for $3.5 million. However, the operandi of the stolen data has never been disclosed, but National Public Data faces four class lawsuits over the breach, including one accusing the company of negligence.
