Congress must crack down on these data scraping companies selling personal data.
Probably the SS# of every person in the US, with other identifying information, leaked from National Public Data, a company that collects and sells access to personal data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, and for private investigators.
#infosec
🔗 Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers · BleepingComputer https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/
Paul Chambers /
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2024-08-11 18:10:49
Author Public Key
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2024-08-11 18:10:49Event JSON
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