National Public Data confirms massive data breach included Social Security numbers

National Public Data, which aggregates data to provide background checks, has confirmed it suffered a?massive data breach?involving Social Security numbers and other personal data on millions of Americans.

The Coral Springs, Florida company posted on?its website?a notice that "there appears to a have been a data security incident that may have involved some of your personal information. The incident is believed to have involved a third-party bad actor that was trying to hack into data in late December 2023, with potential leaks of certain data in April 2024 and summer 2024."

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