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National public data breach: 2.7bn records of US, Canadian, and UK citizens have been leaked
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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
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Spoiler: it is only a fraction of that
They duplicated records and hoped no one would notice. Don't believe me? Look at the data yourself or find someone who has.
They appear to have Experian or TransUnion data which provides multiple records for a single individual. If they pulled in records from multiple sources, (eg, all the credit agencies), then the number of records per person would balloon rapidly.
The worrying thing is that if these are timestamped, that set of data can tell an awful lot about a person that’s useful for identity theft.
They are actually identical according to posts I've scene online