National Public Data
Disclosed Aug 10, 20242 years ago1,300,000 affectedConfirmed
Background check broker breach leaks 2.9 billion rows including Social Security numbers
Background check data broker National Public Data confirmed that a third party tried to breach its data from late December 2023, with leaks in April and summer 2024; a hacker offered 2.9 billion rows of records including Social Security numbers for sale. The company first reported about 1.3 million affected people, later filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2024 citing potentially hundreds of millions affected, and shut down in December 2024.
What is known
| People affected | 1,300,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Aug 10, 2024 |
| Discovered | Dec 2023 |
| Happened | Dec 29, 2023 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Names, Emails, Phone numbers, Social Security numbers, Addresses, Dates of birth |
| Sector | Data brokers · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Lawsuit or fine | Multiple class actions; parent Jerico Pictures filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Oct 2024) |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| California Attorney General breach notice: National Public Dataoag.ca.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| Delaware DOJ breach notice: National Public Dataattorneygeneral.delaware.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| Security Incident | National Public Data (archived)web.archive.org · The organization | The organization |
| National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits 'hundreds of millions' potentially affectedtheregister.com · News | News |
| National Public Data admits it leaked Social Security numbers in a massive data breachtheverge.com · News | News |
| Indiana Attorney General 2024 data breach report: National Public Datain.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware DOJresidents of DE | Aug 10, 2024 | 7,098 |
| Indiana AGresidents of IN | Aug 10, 2024 | 22,835 |
| Researchtotal | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| California AGresidents of CA | Aug 17, 2024 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source: empty to https://www.in.gov/attorneygeneral/consumer-protection-division/id-theft-prevention/files/DB-Year-to-Date-Reportdec-2024.pdf · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · lawsuit: empty to Multiple class actions; parent Jerico Pictures filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy (Oct 2024) · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · sector: tech to data · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["names"] to ["names","emails","phone","ssn","addresses","dob"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · discovered: empty to 2023-12 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to Background check data broker National Public Data confirmed that a third party tried to breach its data from late December 2023, with leaks in April and summer 2024; a hacker offered 2.9 billion rows of records including Social Security num · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Background check broker breach leaks 2.9 billion rows including Social Security numbers · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["names"] · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to organization · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 1300000 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2024-08-17 to 2024-08-10 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.