National Public Data — 134.0M accounts
Severity: Critical · Kind: Data breach
We've ingested this item but haven't summarised it yet. Read the upstream advisory using the link below in the meantime — the AI summary will appear here once the next run completes.
From the source
In April 2024, a large trove of data made headlines as having exposed "3 billion people" due to a breach of the National Public Data background check service . The initial corpus of data released in the breach contained billions of rows of personal information, including US social security numbers. Further partial data sets were later released including extensive personal information and 134M unique email addresses, although the origin and accuracy of the data remains in question. This breach has been flagged as "unverified" and a full description of the incident is in the link above.
Breach facts
- Accounts affected
- 133,957,569
- Verified
- No
- Sensitive
- No
- Data exposed
- Dates of birthEmail addressesGendersGovernment issued IDsNamesPhone numbersPhysical addresses
Was this useful?
Plain-English summaries are AI-generated and reviewed for tone, not technical accuracy. For incident response, always rely on the original source linked above.