A MASSIVE DATA BREACH that potentially exposed as many as 2.9 billion personal records has people asking:  Has my information been leaked?

That cyber intrusion involves – National Public Data – which is simply a background check company owned by Jerico Pictures Inc.  According to a statement from the company, that incident actually involved a potential hack, back in December 2023 – followed by leaks in April 2024 – and this summer.  Leaked information included – names, email addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and mailing addresses.  The company said that it is working with law enforcement to investigate the leak and it will notify those whose information was exposed.

In the meantime, there are ways you can check if your information was exposed.  Websites operated by TWO online security companies will let you check for FREE if your Social Security number is part of the cyber leak.   The first, National Public Data, operated by Atlas Privacy, can be checked here.  The second by cybersecurity Pentester can be checked here.

You can consider freezing your credit to restrict access to the important information you have on file.

You can see more information on placing a credit freeze here.

(www.AL.COM)