A class action lawsuit has brought attention to an alleged hack of a data broker called National Public Data that contains personal information, including Social Security numbers. The hacker claims to have accessed a database with information on every person in the US, UK, and Canada, but the scale of the leak is unclear. Analysis of the leaked data finds it includes both accurate and inaccurate information, making the full scope hard to determine.
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00:02A class-action lawsuit has brought attention to an alleged hack of a data broker called
00:07National Public Data that contains personal information, including social security numbers.
00:12The hacker claims to have accessed a database with information on every person in the U.S.,
00:17U.K., and Canada, but the scale of the leak is unclear.
00:21Analysis of the leaked data finds it includes both accurate and inaccurate information,
00:26making the full scope hard to determine.
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