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The weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever

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Summary
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65% Informative

National Public Data , a company that collects personal data to resell and process background checks, is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it is the source of a massive data leak.

The alleged stolen database was offered for sale on the dark web in April by a hacker group known as USDoD for $3.5 million .

Each record contains a name, mailing addresses, and social security numbers.

VR Score

46

Informative language

34

Neutral language

45

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

61

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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