In a recent cyber incident, allegedly perpetrated by a threat actor operating under the alias USDoD, a significant breach has come to light, affecting the nationalpublicdata.com domain. Notably, these databases encompass a vast spectrum of data, including comprehensive records of the entire population of the United States, alongside datasets from Canada and the United Kingdom.
The leaked data, which spans from the years 2019 to 2024, is of unprecedented magnitude, comprising 2.9 billion rows. The sheer volume of information involved is monumental, with the compressed data reaching 200GB to a staggering 4TB when uncompressed. The breached database includes comprehensive citizen information, firstname, lastname, middlename, name_suff, address,city, county name, phone 1,aka1 fullname, ssn and more. Such a massive breach raises serious concerns regarding data privacy, security, and the potential for widespread misuse or exploitation.
Additionally, The price for this extensive dataset is set at $3.5 million, and they will provide credentials for server access to the buyer.
Considering the enormity of the dataset, there is a strong possibility that the assertion may be exaggerated and that the data could have been scraped from publicly available sources. Additional scrutiny and analysis are required to validate or refute these allegations
