National Public Data Breach of April 2024
Prevented by: HSF
In April 2024, National Public Data experienced a significant breach that exposed Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone numbers of hundreds of millions of Americans. This breach, attributed to a security lapse involving administrative credential exposure, allowed unauthorized access to up to 2.9 billion records. The threat actor identified as USDoD exploited this vulnerability, selling the compromised data on the dark web.