National Public; National Public Data 2024 Data Breach
ObscureIQ Breach Intelligence
High SeverityWebsite / service breach
National Public Data Broker Breach (2024): SSN, DOB & Home Address of 134 Million Americans Exposed
Public-records and background-check data provider.
Verified by ObscureIQ Intelligence
62/100Breach Risk Index
35Data Value
25Market Recency
622dSince Breach
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: National Public; National Public Data · Actor: USDoD · Sources: 3 references
Attack: Social Engineering
Profile: Data Broker · Public records aggregation, people search, and background screening data · People-search and background data broker · USA
Timeline: Breach (2024-04-01) · Indexed (Aug 13, 2024) · Year (2024)
Exposure: 134.0M records · 8 fields: Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Gender, Government ID, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number
Status: Reported
Executive Summary
National Public Data, a Florida-based background-check and people-search data broker operating under Jerico Pictures, Inc., suffered one of the largest identity data exposures in U.S. history when a threat actor known as USDoD offered a stolen dataset for sale on the dark web in April 2024. The attacker gained access through social engineering. The initial corpus reportedly contained billions of rows of personal records. Subsequent partial releases included 134 million unique email addresses. The origin and completeness of the data remains disputed, but the scale of the exposure drew widespread attention from security researchers and journalists. The exposed data included Social Security numbers, names, home addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, gender information, and government-issued IDs. Social Security numbers are the most critical element in this exposure. Combined with the other identity fields, the dataset provides everything needed to impersonate an individual, open fraudulent accounts, file false tax returns, or conduct targeted harassment. Because National Public Data aggregated records from public and quasi-public sources, many affected individuals had no prior relationship with the company and were unaware their data was held there. National Public Data filed for bankruptcy in late 2024 following the fallout from the breach. Multiple class action lawsuits were filed on behalf of affected individuals. Regulators and consumer advocates raised concerns about the data broker industry's collection practices, particularly the aggregation of sensitive records without meaningful consent. People whose information was exposed should assume their Social Security number and personal identifiers are in circulation among bad actors and take immediate steps to place a credit freeze with all three major credit bureaus.
ObscureIQ assessment: Extremely high risk because the data is already normalized for lookup and identity resolution. Exposure enables stalking, doxxing, identity theft, executive targeting, and large-scale personal profiling.
Breach Impact
The breach impact was severe because the exposed corpus was widely reported as containing Social Security numbers and other core identity elements at national scale. Public reporting described the incident as one of the largest recent identity-data exposures tied to a U.S. data broker, with billions of rows in the leaked corpus, later partial datasets containing 134 million unique email addresses, and broad concern that the records may have covered a very large share of Americans.
About National Public; National Public Data
National Public Data is a public-records and background-check data broker that says it provides access to people-finder records, criminal records, contact data, consumer profiles, and related lookup tools sourced from public and quasi-public databases. Its public-facing materials position it as a searchable identity and background information service used for fraud prevention, investigations, and general people-search workflows.
Why They Hold Your Data
People-search and background-data brokers aggregate identity, address, phone, public-record, relative, and screening-related data into searchable consumer profiles.
Recent Developments
National Public Data’s recent public profile has been defined by the fallout from the 2024 breach. Jerico Pictures, Inc., the original operator behind National Public Data, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2024, and the domain is now operated by a different people-search broker that states it has zero affiliation with Jerico Pictures while continuing to use the same nationalpublicdata.com address for a new public-records search business.
Data Points Exposed
8 verified field types
Date of Birth High
Email Address
Full Name High
Gender
Government ID Critical
Phone Number
Physical Address High
Social Security Number Critical
Field names are shown in full for clarity and search visibility. Canonical machine keys are emitted only in this page’s structured data.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
Threat Activity:Critical
Primary downstream threats:
- Identity theft and synthetic identity construction using government-issued IDs
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Threat vectors:
- Identity verification bypass
- Phishing, credential stuffing & account takeover
- Name-based social engineering
- Profile enrichment
- Identity fraud with official bodies
- SIM swapping, vishing & SMS phishing
- Physical stalking, mail fraud & identity verification
- Home targeting, stalking & physical threat
- Full identity theft & synthetic identity fraud
Threat Actor: USDoD
USDoD
Social Engineering
Attribution and method are based on available breach intelligence. Reported attack vector: Social Engineering.
Recommended Actions
If you believe your information may be included:
Protect Your ID Documents
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Enable MFA Everywhere
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Frequently Asked Questions
What happened in the National Public; National Public Data breach?▾
National Public Data, a Florida-based background-check and people-search data broker operating under Jerico Pictures, Inc., suffered one of the largest identity data exposures in U.S. history when a threat actor known as USDoD offered a stolen dataset for sale on the dark web in April 2024. The…
What data was exposed?▾
Verified fields include Date of Birth, Email Address, Full Name, Gender, Government ID, Phone Number, Physical Address, Social Security Number.
What should I do if I was affected?▾
Change reused passwords, enable MFA, and (if identity or financial data is involved) freeze your credit and monitor your accounts.
Sources & References
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