ReportedReported by fewer than three independent publishers, with no official finding.
National Public Data reports highly publicized breach affected a total 1.3 million people
There has been a lot of publicity about a breach and then leak of data from National Public Data. Some early reports erroneously claimed that 2.9 billion people were affected. Other sources noted more accurately...
DII-2024-002344 sources ↓
What happened
Not publicly disclosed.
Classification
Sources and evidence
This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.
DataBreaches.net
National Public Data reports highly publicized breach affected a total 1.3 million people
19 August 2024
troyhunt.com
Troy Hunt extrapolated from a sample to predict that there might be about 899 million unique SSNs