NPD Breach Exposes 2.7 Billion Records

This is a news story, published by Fox News, that relates primarily to NPD news.

News about Us crime, violence, terrorism & cybercrime

For more Us crime, violence, terrorism & cybercrime news, you can click here:

more Us crime, violence, terrorism & cybercrime news

Fox News news

For more news from Fox News, you can click here:

more news from Fox News

About the Otherweb

Otherweb, Inc is a public benefit corporation, dedicated to improving the quality of news people consume. We are non-partisan, junk-free, and ad-free. We use artificial intelligence (AI) to remove junk from your news feed, and allow you to select the best politics news, business news, entertainment news, and much more. If you like this article about Us crime, violence, terrorism & cybercrime, you might also like this article about

recent data breaches

. We are dedicated to bringing you the highest-quality news, junk-free and ad-free, about your favorite topics. Please come every day to read the latest data breaches news, earlier data breaches news, news about Us crime, violence, terrorism & cybercrime, and other high-quality news about any topic that interests you. We are working hard to create the best news aggregator on the web, and to put you in control of your news feed - whether you choose to read the latest news through our website, our news app, or our daily newsletter - all free!

RecordsCheck users

Fox News

•

Data broker blunders as millions are exposed with public passwords

Summary

Nutrition label

67% Informative

National Public Data ( NPD ) admitted it exposed sensitive info like phone numbers, addresses and Social Security numbers to hackers.

A sister NPD property, called recordscheck.net, was hosting an archive that included the usernames and passwords of the site's administrator.

This suggests that millions of users may be affected in this case as well.

The NPD data breach and the security incident involving its sister website highlight the irresponsibility of these companies in handling sensitive public information.

There is an urgent need for governments to impose serious legal consequences, not just a slap on the wrist.

Anyone dealing with sensitive data must ensure that the data is encrypted.

VR Score

Informative language

Neutral language

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

Offensive language

not offensive