National Public Data Breach - Over 2 Billion Records

[Ichi]

https://www.google.com/search?q=national+public+data+breach

Documents from a lawsuit revealed that more than 2.9 billion records may have been compromised because of a hack of the Florida-based national Public Data network. In a statement posted to their website, the company confirmed there was a breach and that it's cooperating with authorities.

CNET - See If Your Social Security Number Is in the National Public Data Breach

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Interesting they want you to enter your name & data to see if your SS# was stolen.,...laughing

Why don't they just provide the stolen list,...

Have too wonder how much the credit reporting agency's, are making from this.

 

[Turkeytider]

IMO, anybody who thinks their personal information isn’t alive and well on the dark web is sadly mistaken.

 

[kenny1773]

I recently received a notice in the mail that my Health Equity HSA account data was compromised. In the list of possible information was SSN, but they don't tell you exactly what was breached

I should be able to sue them for not protecting my data, but we all know that is a joke. My data been stolen no less than 12 times since 2001 (that I am aware of, I am sure there are a bunch I am not aware of)

The system, from every possible angle, is rigged against the normal working man...

 

[Ichi]

IMO, anybody who thinks their personal information isn’t alive and well on the dark web is sadly mistaken.

Very true. For many years, the US Army used your SSN as your ID and had you write it on everything, including your issued clothing.

Several schools and colleges used your SSN as your student ID.

Some states would use your SSN as your driver's license number.

 

[Skeptic1]

2.9 billion US social security numbers?
That is a lot of ss numbers considering the population of the US is around 400 million if memory serves.

 

[Ichi]

2.9 billion US social security numbers?
That is a lot of ss numbers considering the population of the US is around 400 million if memory serves.

You're right. I should have said records not SSNs. But who knows what "records" really means.

 

[Turkeytider]

2.9 billion US social security numbers?
That is a lot of ss numbers considering the population of the US is around 400 million if memory serves.

Probably includes dead Democrats.

 

[E. Bryant]

You're right. I should have said records not SSNs. But who knows what "records" really means.

Using myself as an example, the dataset included all my addresses going back to my freshman year at college about three decades ago. So there's a dozen or so records; multiply that out by a few hundred million individuals and you get into the billions of records pretty quickly.

 

[earthquake]

Very true. For many years, the US Army used your SSN as your ID and had you write it on everything, including your issued clothing.

Several schools and colleges used your SSN as your student ID.

Some states would use your SSN as your driver's license number.

In the 90's, Iron Brigade Armory wrote a volume of books called "Death From Afar: Marine Corps Sniping V. 1-5". In it they posted photos of dude's scout-sniper basic course diplomas with their SSN's on there! Back then probably not that big of a deal....now that we're in the digital age, I'm sure those guys are pissed. I know one of them, and I think he's even a member here. smdh

 

[roostercogburn98]

You just voted whether you intended to or not

 

[sharpshot50]

You're right. I should have said records not SSNs. But who knows what "records" really means.

We can’t know for sure, but for this type of thing, a record typically just means any piece of data in a dataset. First name. Last name. Middle initial, etc.

I’d assume it contains partial sets of data for pretty much every American and likely millions of non-Americans as well.

 

[Darryle]

I use @roostercogburn98 information, mines terrible, I am hoping someone steals it and cleans it up a little, I've got my eye on a new mobile home

 

[Franko]

Until there are real penalties for data breaches this shit will continue. Also, any new laws need to apply to the Public Sector as well because while Private Sector Information Security is pretty crappy the government is next level incompetent.

 

[roostercogburn98]

I use @roostercogburn98 information, mines terrible, I am hoping someone steals it and cleans it up a little, I've got my eye on a new mobile home

Might get a sad surprise when you drop that application bruh

 

[Nailbender]

Until there are real penalties for data breaches this shit will continue. Also, any new laws need to apply to the Public Sector as well because while Private Sector Information Security is pretty crappy the government is next level incompetent.

It's beyond time for this. A "free" year or 2 of credit monitoring is not any form of repayment for someone else's fuck up with my personal info. Once it's out there, it's out there forever.