The latest development in the world of hacks centers around National Public Data, a company that collects personal data for use in things like background checks.
The scope of the hack is unsettling enough, but as WIRED's Lily Hay Newman observed in a new article, that's only part of the problem.
We conducted an investigation and subsequent information has come to light. That's pretty bad. What's worse is not the size of the hack but the information stolen.
The fact that email addresses were involved raise the stakes considerably, as far as what identity thieves could do with this information.
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