[Meatloaf] National Public Data breach - CHECK YOUR STUFF NOW !!!

[Hale Landis]

Many years ago it was, and probably still is, trivial to Google your SSN
and find it all over the internet.

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++ Hale Landis
++ halelandis (at) gmail (dot) com



On Sun, Sep 15, 2024, 8:50 PM pt <mnemotronic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Official Joe's Spoon Reflector.
>
> All your base are belong to us. You are on the way to destruction.
> You have no chance to survive make your time. HA HA HA HA...
> For great justice.
>
> I use a monitoring system (MyIdCare.com) to see if either Jean's or my
> personal information, name, phone, address, driver's lic #, SSN, bank acct
> numbers, CC numbers ever get posted to the dark web.  For me the service is
> free because of the Chinese breach into the OPM's SF-86 background check
> database in 2015.
>
> I got an alert this past week that my SSN and other info was found on the
> dark web.  The breach was into National Public Data.  I've included some
> links about the breach at the end of this message.
>
> This email is really just a plea / heads-up / request / warning for
> everyone to check to see if your SSN was in the leaked data.  These sites
> can help
> https://www.npdbreach.com/
> https://npd.pentester.com/
>    (for email)   https://haveibeenpwned.com/
>
>
> Use a strong password and, if possible, a password manager.  I personally
> use KeePass on my personal and work computers.  I added plugins for
> Salsa20, Twofish and Serpent ciphers.  On my Android I use KeePassDroid,
> not the original Android KeePass.  I don't know if there is a PQC scheme
> (FIPS 203, 204, 205) for KeePass yet.
>
> +++++++++++++++
>
> These sites have info about the breach and steps you can, and probably
> should, take if your SSN was in the data leak.
>
>
> https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/is-your-social-security-number-part-of-the-national-public-data-hack-how-to-check/
>
> https://www.nationalpublicdata.com/Breach.html
>
>
> https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/08/national-public-data-published-its-own-passwords/
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_National_Public_Data_breach
>
>
>
> https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-and-identity/microsoft-s-quantum-resistant-cryptography-is-here/ba-p/4238780
>
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