Over 600,000 people hit in massive data breach — background checks, vehicle and property records

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Another background check company suffered a data breach; this time, more than 600,000 people were affected. It's a minor breach compared with the 2.9 billion people hit by the National Public Data hack, but it's still scary.

The company in question, SL Data Services, was discovered online. It was publicly exposed and not password-protected or encrypted.