Summary:
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Sensitive Leak
National Public Data (NPD) recently had a severe breach, with hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers and other personal details exposed. Additionally, passwords to a related database were inadvertently published online. -
Ongoing Issues
A sister site, RecordsCheck.net, exposed administrator usernames and passwords in a publicly accessible file. The credentials were linked to previous data breaches involving NPD’s founder, Salvatore “Sal” Verini. -
Site Shutdown
The exposed archive has been removed, and RecordsCheck.net is expected to cease operations soon. The situation is under investigation, and further details are awaited.
Read more at: KrebsOnSecurity