The Verge: LexisNexis leaked social security numbers and other personal data of over 364,000 people
May 28, 2025
”The LexisNexis breach is yet another example of why we need to rein in the reckless business model of data brokers that traffic in our most sensitive information for profit,” Caroline Kraczon, a law fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said in a statement to The Verge. “Thanks to LexisNexis, hundreds of thousands of individuals’ personal data is now up for grabs by bad actors. That data may be used by foreign adversaries in ways that threaten national security, by fraudsters to target victims for scams, or by abusers to locate and harm survivors of domestic violence.”
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