Brazilian police arrested the hacker who stole everyone’s SSN
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Brazilian Federal Police arrested a hacker responsible for leaking 2.9 billion records, including 272 million unique Social Security numbers and 600 million phone numbers. The breach, discovered in August, led to data being sold on the dark web and contributed to National Public Data's bankruptcy filing amid lawsuits and potential penalties.
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