Social security numbers exposed, cybersecurity expert weighs in [Video]

MILWAUKEE — Billions of records containing Americans’ private information have been exposed on the dark web.

The cybercriminal group ‘USDoD’ claimed it stole the records back in April from National Public Data, a background-checking company. NPD collects data from public record databases, national and state databases, and court records.

Information stolen includes names, address histories, social security numbers, birthdays, and aliases.

“Initially, this data was put on the dark web for sale for $3.5 million, and then just a couple days later, the bad guys gave it away for free, so this information will be used and abused many different times,” said Alex Holden, Chief Information Security Officer for Hold Security.

He said over 200 million people might be impacted by this breach.

According to their website, NPD services are used by private investigators, consumer public record sites, human …