Hackers access private information of 2.9 billion people WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

A background check company was hacked and now the information of almost 3 billion people is up for sale on the dark web.

Florida-based Jerico Pictures Inc., which runs National Public Database, also known as NPD, was hacked according to a press release from Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP, the company investigating the breach.

The company, which represents consumers in class action lawsuits against corporations, said that “USDod,” a cybercriminal group, got into NPD’s data in April and took the personal information that had been collected. The database compiling the information on 2.9 billion people was offered on the dark web for $3.5 million.

The data consists of names, address histories, relatives and Social Security numbers and goes back about 30 years.

NPD has not confirmed the breach or what was taken, Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe said.

The other issue is that people don’t reach out to NPD to provide their personal information, so they may not know that their data has been taken.

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