National Public Data Breach

The Massive Leak from National Public Data Exposes 3 Billion Sensitive Records

Data aggregator National Public Data was breached in a massive cyberattack, exposing over 3 billion records. The leaked data includes sensitive information such as full names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers. The personal data of millions of individuals linked to National Public Data has been leaked on a notorious cybercrime forum.

Despite the gravity of the situation, there are steps you can take to protect your information. The first step is checking to see if your data was involved in the breach:

LINK: https://npd.pentester.com/

For more information, read the full article on the Pentester website.

LINK: https://pentester.com/npd-data-breach/

Depending upon what you discover about your personal data, freezing your credit may be a worthwhile preventative measure.

NOTE: Checking my data, there was a great deal of information revealed, although not tied to my current address. Regardless, my social security number was included along with other key pieces of data, so I did setup a credit watch with Experian ID.  (https://www.experianidworks.com/) By a twist of fate, a similar leak of data from AT&T resulted in their giving a years coverage with Experian for free.