National Public Data data breach
In April 2024, National Public Data suffered a data breach that exposed dates of birth, email addresses, genders, government issued ids, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. The breach affected 133,957,569 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan. This breach is flagged as unverified, which means the exposed data has not been fully confirmed.
- Breach date
- April 9, 2024
- Added to this tracker
- August 13, 2024
- Accounts affected
- 133,957,569
- Data exposed
- Dates of birth, email addresses, genders, government issued ids, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses
- Status
- Unverified
Was my information in the National Public Data breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with National Public Data before April 2024, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the National Public Data breach, the exposed data was dates of birth, email addresses, genders, government issued ids, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at National Public Data right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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