NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:38:36 +0000

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. This post examines what we know about a breach that has exposed hundreds of millions of consumer records. We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida.

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A Single Iranian Hacker Group Targeted Both Presidential Campaigns, Google Says

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:27:03 +0000

APT42, which is believed to work for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, targeted about a dozen people associated with both Trump’s and Biden’s campaigns this spring, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group.

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