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The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach

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Summary
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70% Informative

National Public Data says it has been breached by a third -party bad actor.

A trove of stolen data from the background check service has been leaked online.

The data includes more than 100 million legitimate email addresses along with other information and a second that includes Social Security numbers but no email addresses.

The company is facing potential class action lawsuits over the breach.

VR Score

59

Informative language

51

Neutral language

38

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

66

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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