National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords! 🔓

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Summary:

  1. Sensitive Leak
    National Public Data (NPD) recently had a severe breach, with hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers and other personal details exposed. Additionally, passwords to a related database were inadvertently published online.

  2. Ongoing Issues
    A sister site, RecordsCheck.net, exposed administrator usernames and passwords in a publicly accessible file. The credentials were linked to previous data breaches involving NPD’s founder, Salvatore “Sal” Verini.

  3. Site Shutdown
    The exposed archive has been removed, and RecordsCheck.net is expected to cease operations soon. The situation is under investigation, and further details are awaited.

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