{"id":76499,"date":"2024-09-26T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/134892e591dae76856a394584fab6e9f"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T17:00:12","slug":"106-million-americans-exposed-as-massive-data-leak-rocks-background-check-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/106-million-americans-exposed-as-massive-data-leak-rocks-background-check-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"106 million Americans exposed as massive data leak rocks background check firm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Hot on the heels of the National Public Records data breach<\/u><\/span>, which leaked more than 2 billion records, another background check firm has now had a leak.<\/p>\n The company in question, MC2 Data, exposed the sensitive data of around one-third of the U.S. population \u2013 106 million people \u2013 to the entire internet. <\/p>\n While data leaks are sometimes unavoidable, in this case, MC2 Data is fully responsible, as it left a database containing 2.2TB of personal data passwordless.<\/p>\n GET SECURITY ALERTS, EXPERT TIPS \u2013 SIGN UP FOR KURT\u2019S NEWSLETTER \u2013 THE CYBERGUY REPORT HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n