The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever

Illustration: Beatrice Sala National Public Data, a company that collects personal data to resell and process background checks, is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it is the source of a massive data leak that includes information like Social Security numbers and more on reportedly “3 billion people,” according to Bloomberg Law.As reported by BleepingComputer, the alleged stolen database was offered for sale on the dark web in April by a hacker group known as US