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One-third of the US population’s background info is now public

Posted on September 23, 2024September 25, 2024 by Dissent

UPDATE:  Please also see this post by the person who found the leak, analyzed it, reported on it first, and managed to get it secured.

Paulina Okunytė reports:

Cybernews exclusive research has revealed that a massive data leak at MC2 Data, a background check firm, affects a staggering amount of US citizens.

MC2 Data and similar companies run public records and background check services. These services gather, compile, and analyze data from a wide range of public sources, including criminal records, employment history, family data, and contact details.

They use this information to create comprehensive profiles that employers, landlords, and others rely on for decision-making and risk management.

Websites that MC2 Data operates include:

  • PrivateRecords.net
  • PrivateReports
  • PeopleSearcher
  • ThePeopleSearchers
  • PeopleSearchUSA

Read more at Cybernews.  Unfortunately, they fail to clearly report when they discovered the leak, whether or when they contacted the entity to alert them to the leak, and whether and how the entity responded. Has this leak been secured? One certainly hopes so but their headline says the info is now public — as in still publicly available? One hopes not.

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