It was just announced that National Public Data has had a massive data breach affecting billions of individuals.
A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that nearly three billion individuals had their personal data leaked during a cyber attack targeting the background checking service, National Public Data, in April 2024.
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.
On April 8th, the threat actor USDoD listed National Public Data on a popular underground dark web forum, Breached, , claiming to contain personal data from 2.9 billion people, according to information associated with the proposed case.
USDoD claimed the cache contained sensitive information:
- Social security numbers
- Full names
- Family information
- Current address
- Past addresses
Best practices to protect your identity:
- Enable Two Factor Authentication (2FA) on all accounts
- Use unique passwords for every account
- Write down the password BEFORE you enter / change a password.
- Keep all passwords in a password protected spreadsheet.
- SAVE the spreadsheet as soon as you make a change.
- Get a LifeLock account
You need a LifeLock account pronto.
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