# @pcmag on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-08-12T19:30:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** PCMag (@pcmag) — https://gondola.cc/pcmag

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National Public Data, a website infamous for its role in leaking millions of Social Security numbers last year, has returned with the ability to look up anyone's personal information.

The site shut down in December amid a wave of lawsuits against parent company Jericho Pictures after a breach exposed an estimated 272 million unique SSNs and 600 million phone numbers. Since then, the site has been relatively dormant. But yesterday, we spotted the nationalpublicdata.com domain springing back to life with a new interface.

But the domain has changed hands. The site doesn’t explain who the new owners are, but a domain lookup shows that it's registered to Florida-based “Perfect Privacy,” a brand name associated with a VPN service. However, Perfect Privacy VPN told us they had no affiliation with National Public Data.

The new site operates as a free people-search engine, though its data sources remain unknown. What’s unsettling is how easily users can access personal details – including accurate addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, and even relatives – all without a paywall.

The new National Public Data site has an opt-out form to delete your profile data. We tried it, and the site appears to remove your data immediately. However, many users are likely unaware of such an option, enabling such sites to continue trafficking their information.

#nationalpublicdata #breach #internetsecurity #cybersecurity #technews

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