A class action lawsuit has brought attention to an alleged hack of a data broker and a dataset that contains personal information, including social security numbers. 2.9 billion people may have had social security numbers, other financial data compromised What it means for you The hacking group usdod claimed it had stolen personal records, including social security info, of 2.9 billion people from national public data. Hyundai is alerting millions of customers about a data breach that exposed social security numbers and driver's licenses. National public data disclosed a massive data breach in august 2024, which involved the social security numbers of nearly every american
The data leaked also includes full names, phone numbers, and current and past addresses The total number of records breached is estimated to be 2.9 billion records, totaling 277gb of data. The hacking group usdod claims that they’ve leaked 2.7 billion personal information records, including social security numbers, full names, and home addresses from a data broker called national.
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