The company’s website advertises that it conducts background searches for employers and investigators.
Published: Aug. 18, 2024, 7:47 p.m.Multiple class-action lawsuits have been filed against a Coral Springs, Florida-based data firm following disclosures that a massive data breach, including Social Security numbers.
National Public Data has acknowledged the breach on its website, calling it a “data security incident” that stemmed from an attempted hack by a “third-party bad actor” in December 2023 and involved “potential leaks of certain data in April 2024 and summer 2024.” The company’s website advertises that it conducts background searches for employers and investigators “for some of the lowest fees in the industry.”
News of the breach came to light on Aug. 1 in a lawsuit filed by Christopher Hoffman, a California resident. The suit said a cybercriminal group by the name USDoD posted a database on a dark web forum in April claiming to have personal data of 2.9 billion people, Bloomberg Law reported. The group put the database up for sale for $3.5 million, the lawsuit said.
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