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# National Public Data records for sale, flagged by @vxunderground — confirmed

@vxunderground described the USDoD sale listing on June 1, 2024. The company confirmed a breach in August.

Published 09 Nov 2026, 09:08 UTC · Leaked on 01 Jun 2024, 23:30 UTC

Leaked on 01 June 2024

![Evidence tray card: National Public Data records for sale, flagged by @vxunderground — confirmed](https://leakly.com/assets/og/national-public-data-breach.png)

On June 1, 2024, @vxunderground posted that a threat actor called USDoD had listed a “National Public Data” database for sale on April 8, 2024, claiming 2.9 billion records on US citizens.

Troy Hunt analyzed the data on Aug 13, 2024 and found 134 million unique email addresses in one set of files. Infosecurity Magazine reported on Aug 16 that the Florida-based background check company confirmed a breach that took place in April 2024.

Confirmed breach. The 2.9 billion figure is the seller’s claim and counts records, not people.

[Confirmed]

## What happened later

Confirmed: NPD acknowledged the breach.

## Sources & captured post

> **vx-underground** @vxunderground
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> April 8th, 2024, a Threat Actor operating under the moniker "USDoD" placed a large database up for sale on Breached titled: "National Public Data". They claimed it contained 2,900,000,000 records on United States citizens. They put the data up for sale for $3,500,000.
> National
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> 1,748 likes · 345 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
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> [View the post on X](https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1797047998481854512) · not in our leaker index

### Original source & corroborating coverage

* [Original X post by @vxunderground](https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1797047998481854512)
* [Troy Hunt — Troy Hunt: Inside the "3 Billion People" National Public Data Breach](https://www.troyhunt.com/inside-the-3-billion-people-national-public-data-breach/)
* [Infosecurity Magazine — Florida-Based National Public Data Confirms Data Breach](https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/national-public-data-confirms-data/)

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