Now, Krebs talks safety A roughly identical website called Recordscheck.net was reported to NPD, which hosts an archive containing site login information and plain text source code for some of the site’s tools. This information is sufficient to access the same consumer records as NPD. The now-deleted files contained email data from NPD founder Salvatore Verini, an actor and retired Florida deputy sheriff.
with Krebs talks safetyVerini wrote that the file contained an old version of the site with “non-working code” that would stop functioning “in the next week or so.” Verini did not comment further, saying “the investigation is ongoing.” Krebs talks safety It was also discovered that Verini had written a positive recommendation for Creation Next, a web development company mentioned in the archived source code.
Since the hacker forum breach last month, several websites, including Atlas Data Privacy Corp’s npdbreach.com and npd.pentester.com, have popped up saying they offer search capabilities to find out if your information was included in the breach middle. Of course, using these services means you’ll need to enter your name, year of birth, and maybe your Social Security number (SSN) into someone’s form. as Krebs Please note that given that much similar information has been compromised, your best course of action may be to freeze your credit reports with the major bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion) and take advantage of the free weekly credit reports you are entitled to.
