The company that was named in a class-action lawsuit filed by internet users who claim that the Social Security number of every American was stolen from its servers has confirmed that it was hacked by cybercriminals who obtained the sensitive data.
Jerico Pictures Inc., the Coral Springs, Fla.-based entity that does business as National Public Data, released a statement last week in which it acknowledged that “the information that was suspected of being breached contained name, email address, phone number, social security number, and mailing address(es).”
NPD, which attributed the “data security incident” to an attempted hack by a “third-party bad actor,” released the statement on its website.
It said there was an attempted hack in December 2023 as well as “potential leaks of certain data in April 2024 and summer 2024.”
NPD, which conducts criminal background checks for employers and investigators “for some of the lowest fees in the industry,” did not specify how many people were affected.
The company said it had “cooperated with law enforcement and governmental investigators and conducted a review of the potentially affected records.”
NPD also said it undertook “additional security measures in efforts to prevent the reoccurrence of such a breach and to protect our systems.”
The company said it would be reaching out to all of the affected users “so that you can take action which will assist to minimize or eliminate potential harm.”
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