WEB National Public Data at Center of Massive Data Breach Lawsuit
Allegations of 29 Billion Stolen Records
WEB National Public Data (NPD), a background-check company, is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging a massive data breach that compromised the personal information of 29 billion individuals.
According to the lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the breach allegedly occurred in April 2024 when a cybercriminal group known as USDod breached NPD's systems.
Stolen Data Includes:
- Full names
- Former and complete addresses
- Social Security numbers
- Phone numbers
- Email addresses
The stolen data is believed to have come from a data scraping service operated under the name "Scraping," which allegedly provided NPD with access to personal information collected from various sources.
The lawsuit alleges that NPD failed to take adequate security measures to protect the data, resulting in the breach and subsequent compromise of billions of individuals' personal information.
Largest Data Breach in History
If the allegations are true, this would be one of the largest data breaches in history, eclipsing the 2017 Equifax breach that compromised the personal information of 147 million Americans.
The breach has raised concerns about the security of personal data in the digital age and the need for stricter data protection laws.
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