Some 2.7 billion records relating to people in the U.S. stolen from a data broker earlier this year have been released for free on hacking site Breach Forums, potentially exposing nearly every living ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Little has been made or known about National Public Data before the company suffered a massive data breach which leaked the ...

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named ...

New details are emerging about a breach at National Public Data (NPD), a consumer data broker that recently spilled hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone ...

Public data, often generated by governments or institutions and freely accessible, has emerged as a powerful tool for tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems. From promoting ...