PSA. Get yourself removed from this stinking pile of garbage.

#NationalPublicData #privacy #leakers #NPD

https://www.pcmag.com/news/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to

PCMag: Site Behind Major SSN Leak Returns With Detailed Data on Millions: How to Opt Out. “The site shut down in December amid a wave of lawsuits against parent company Jericho Pictures after a breach exposed an estimated 272 million unique SSNs and 600 million phone numbers. Since then, the site has been relatively dormant. But today, we spotted the nationalpublicdata.com domain springing back […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/13/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to-opt-out-pcmag/

Heads up, folks:

Michael Kan reports that National Public Data is back under new owners: https://www.pcmag.com/news/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to

Here is the direct link to their opt-out page instructions:
https://nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html

I had opted out previously after their humongous #databreach last year. When I checked my name now, it did not find my profile, so if you opted out before, you may still be opted out, but better safe than sorry: check and opt-out if needed.

#NPD #NationalPublicData #OptOut #DataBroker #Privacy

Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/brazil-arrests-usdod-hacker-in-fbi-infragard-breach/

#NationalPublicData #Ne'er-Do-WellNews #ALittleSunshine #DataBreaches #EquationCorp #CrowdStrike #RaidForums #InfraGard #Hackread #Intel471 #Tecmundo #TVGlobo #NetSec #USDoD #fbi

National Public Data files for bankruptcy after massive data breach put "hundreds of millions" at risk

National Public Data, a background check service that collects and stores large amounts of personal data, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to recover from suffering a devastating cyberattack in December 2023

#NationalPublicData #NPD #databreach #security #cybersecurity #infosec #business #bankruptcy #hackers #hacking #hacked

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/national-public-data-files-for-bankruptcy-after-massive-data-breach-put-hundreds-of-millions-at-risk

Headline: National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

Snippet: A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company faces a wave of litigation.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/national-public-data-the-hacked-data-broker-that-lost-millions-of-social-security-numbers-and-more-files-for-bankruptcy/

#Privacy #Security #NationalPublicData

National Public Data, an online background check, experienced a significant data breach. Over 2.7 billion records with highly sensitive personal data of nearly 170 million people were exposed.

This article provides detailed information about the breach, the data exposed, and recommended actions to help you stay safe.

#NationalPublicData #NPD #Microsoft #databreach #security #cybersecurity #infosec #hackers #hacking #hacked

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/national-public-data-breach-what-you-need-to-know-843686f7-06e2-4e91-8a3f-ae30b7213535

Every so often, I'll discover that one of my blog posts has gone somewhat viral, and then I have people calling me and emailing me to ask me -- or demand -- that I remove their data from my database or that I add them to the class action lawsuit a post may have reported on.

So following my post on opting out of National Public Data, I now I have some people sending me their personal information and telling me to remove all their data from my database because they want to opt out.

No, folks -- you need to send that to National Public Data. Not to the news blog that reported on it....

#databreach #infosec #optout #NationalPublicData