The personal data of over 2.9 billion people has been exposed in what could be one of the largest data breaches in history. The data breach affected Jerico Pictures Inc., better known as National Public Data (NPD,) which is a background check company that allows its customers to search billions of records with instant results.
According to a lawsuit against the company, the data breach exposed sensitive information which includes, but is not limited to: full names; current and past addresses (dating back at least three decades); Social Security numbers; family information of parents, siblings and other relatives.
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Source: Yahoo News
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