National Public Data

DISCLOSED 2026-08-07 · UNKNOWN · 272,000,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

National Public Data, a data broker, suffered a breach exposing over 272 million Social Security numbers and records. The article provides information on the incident and steps for affected individuals to protect themselves. No details on the attack vector or root cause are provided.

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2026-08-07

Sector

data broker

Records exposed

272,000,000

Data classes exposed

Social Security numbersrecords

ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · unclear · opinion

Insufficient details to determine if a positive-security model would have prevented this breach.

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Sources

Cited reporting

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