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Anthony Spadafora

100 million Americans just had their background check data exposed — phone numbers, dates of birth and more

An open lock depicting a data breach.

Having to get a background check done is bad enough as it is but what if all of your personal and employment information was left exposed online for anyone to access? Well, that’s exactly what just happened for at least 100 million Americans.

Unlike with data breaches which are usually the work of hackers, data leaks occur when a company fails to properly secure the data points it has on customers or in this case, one third of the entire U.S. population.

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