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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)

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[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 181 points 2 months ago

A complaint submitted to the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida claims the exposed personal data belongs to a public records data provider named National Public Data, which specializes in background checks and fraud prevention.

What's with these companies nobody has heard of causing massive fuck ups?

[-] db2@lemmy.world 93 points 2 months ago

It's capitalism. Do you hate America or something?

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Do you hate America or something?

Everyone hates US politics. Even people from the US hate it.

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 71 points 2 months ago

Because companies you've never heard of are the ones doing the infrastructure and data warehousing for the public-facing companies you have heard of.

[-] Telorand@reddthat.com 29 points 2 months ago

Seems like a good way to have an infosec weak spot...oh...

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