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Privacy was always an illusion

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April 8th, 2024, a Threat Actor operating under the moniker "USDoD" placed a large database up for sale on Breached titled: "National Public Data"....

April 8th, 2024, a Threat Actor operating under the moniker "USDoD" placed a large database up for sale on Breached titled: "National Public Data". They claimed it contained 2,900,000,000 records on United States citizens. They put the data up for sale for $3,500,000. National Public Data is a background check and person lookup and verification company located in Coral Springs, Florida. The company offers API data lookups to other companies. In summary – they're a lowkey databroker. Last week we were informed USDoD intends on leaking the database. We requested a copy in advance to confirm the validity of the data. We reviewed the massive file – 277.1GB uncompressed, and can confirm the data present in it is real and accurate. We searched up several individuals who consented to having their information looked up. 1. The database DOES NOT contain information from individuals who use data opt-out services. Every person who used some sort of data opt-out service was not present. 2. People who did not use data opt-out services and resided in the United States were immediately found. It showed their: - First name - Last name - Address - Address history (3 decades+) - Social security number It also allowed us to find their parents, and nearest siblings. We were able to identify someones parents, deceased relatives, Uncles, Aunts, and Cousins. Additionally, we can confirm this database also contains informed on individuals who are deceased. Some individuals located had been deceased for nearly 2 decades.

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