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Was Your Social Security Number Stolen in the National Public Data Hack? What You Can Do (2024)

Did you have your personal information stolen in analleged hack of National Public Data? According to reports, 2.9 billion people had their data -- including their full names, their current and past addresses and their Social Security numbers -- stolen in the breach.

The alleged massive breach of the background check company whose data is used by consumer public record sites, private investigators, human resources and staffing agencies, occurred prior to April 2024, a proposed class action said. National Public Data obtained the information by scraping nonpublic sources without consent, according to the proposed class action.