# National Public Data Published Its Own Passwords! 🔓

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/national-public-data-published-its-own-passwords/289422>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** tools, data-recovery\
**Created:** [August 20, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/national-public-data-published-its-own-passwords/289422 "2024-08-20T12:09:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/national-public-data-published-its-own-passwords/289422/1 "2024-08-20T12:09:06Z")

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**Summary:**

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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](http://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](http://RecordsCheck.net) is expected to cease operations soon. The situation is under investigation, and further details are awaited.

**Read more at:** [KrebsOnSecurity](https://krebsonsecurity.com)