https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/08/national-public-data-returns-after-massive-social-security-number-leak
Aug 15, 2025 — National Public Data suffered an alleged breach in 2024 against a data base that, it turned out, carried 272 million unique social security ...
https://blog.ssa.gov/what-you-can-do-to-protect-your-personal-information/
Aug 21, 2024 — What to do if you suspect your Social Security number has been stolen · Equifax at 1-800-525-6285. · Experian at 1-888-397-3742. · TransUnion at 1- ...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/national-public-data-breach-what-you-need-to-know-843686f7-06e2-4e91-8a3f-ae30b7213535
If you know that your social security number was compromised, contact the Social Security Administration (https://www.ssa.gov/agency/contact/). Monitor your ...
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/26/nx-s1-5517977/social-security-doge-privacy
Aug 26, 2025 — A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by ...
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/social-security-breach-billions-accounts-exposed/
Nov 14, 2025 — In early 2024, background checking service National Public Data was hit by a massive cyberattack that potentially compromised the sensitive, personal ...
https://nationalcioreview.com/articles-insights/extra-bytes/nearly-900-million-unique-social-security-numbers-exposed-in-a-massive-data-leak/
Aug 17, 2024 — National Public Data (NPD) has confirmed the leak of an astonishing 900 million unique Social Security Numbers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityTheft/comments/1f48bt2/every_social_security_of_every_person_in_the_us/
The National Public Data breach likely impacts every person who possesses a Social Security #. While that is horrible, it gives me comfort.
https://www.ssa.gov/fraud/
You can submit a report online at oig.ssa.gov or contact SSA's OIG fraud hotline at 1-800-269-0271. Our OIG will carefully review your allegation and take ...
https://www.identityguard.com/news/ssn-found-on-dark-web
If your SSN was found on the Dark Web, scammers could use it to steal your identity, money, and more. Here's what to do if your SSN has been compromised.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/security-numbers-leaked-personal-data-puts-people-high-risk-identity-rcna221452
Aug 4, 2025 — A study found that people whose Social Security numbers are leaked through data breaches are far likelier to be targeted by identity thieves ...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/what-to-do-if-your-social-security-number-ssn-is-exposed-b08d677f-471d-41be-ac9b-f9f7109f7643
First step - Place a temporary fraud alert on your credit. Also known as an "Initial security alert" this tells the major credit bureaus that you're a victim ...
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-leak-27-billion-data-records-with-social-security-numbers/
Aug 11, 2024 — Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/doge-social-security-data.html
Aug 26, 2025 — DOGE team members uploaded a database with the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server, ...
https://lifelock.norton.com/learn/internet-security/social-security-number-on-dark-web
Apr 4, 2025 — If you find out your SSN was leaked on the dark web, consider freezing your credit or placing a fraud alert immediately to help prevent new accounts from being ...
https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/huge-data-breach-involving-social-security-numbers-could-impact-millions-of-americans
Sep 9, 2024 — Over 270 million Americans may have had their social security number leaked on the dark web. The latest breach involved National Public Data, ...
https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10220.pdf
If you know your Social Security information has been compromised, you can request to Block Electronic Access. This is done by calling our National 800 number ...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/whistleblower-complaint-alleges-doge-uploaded-social-security-numbers/story?id=124995870
Aug 26, 2025 — A whistleblower complaint alleges that DOGE staffers uploaded a copy of all federal Social Security numbers and information to an unsecured ...