Personal data of 2.9 billion people stolen from background check company Jerico Pictures Inc "National Public Data"
According to a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida., the hacking group USDoD claimed in April 2024 to have stolen personal records of 2.9 billion people from National Public Data (Jerico Pictures, Inc.), which offers personal information to employers, private investigators, staffing agencies and other companies or individuals doing background checks. Defendant National Public Data (Jericho Pictures Inc), a background check company, allows its customers to search billions of records with instant results. The Plaintiff brings the Complaint against Defendant for its failure to properly secure and safeguard the personally identifiable information that it collected and maintained as part of its regular business practices. Upon information and belief, such sensitive information includes, but is not limited to, Plaintiff’s and Class Members’ full names; current and past addresses (spanning at least the last three decades); Social Se...