Security; Huge data breach exposes over 600,000 records, including background checks, vehicle, and property records. News. By Ellen Jennings-Trace published 28 November 2024 ...

National Public Data (NPD), a company that resells collected personal data for background checks, has confirmed that a data breach leaked names, Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and more.

When people think of Social Security, they typically think of monthly benefits — for the roughly 69 million retirees, disabled workers, dependents and survivors who receive them today.

National Public Data said "information that was suspected of being breached contained name, email address, phone number, social security number." ...

With very few exceptions, much remains unclear about DOGE’s activities and aims at each agency with respect to Americans’ personal data, and what, if any, security vetting (e.g., background ...