The group exposed the data over a forum's deep web on April 8th asking for $3.5 million USD for anyone willing to buy the entire database, free samples of the database were available to explore.

Criminals can now open bank accounts, request credit cards and other services that demands personal sensitive information of individuals living in the U.S.

Americans are subjected to all sort of scams as the data collected starts to spread among criminals online.

The data was stolen from the "National Public Data" which scrapes the personally identifying information of billions of individuals from non-public sources-meaning which individuals didnt knowingly provide their data to the company.

Its unclear exactly when or how the breach occurred and the provider still hasn't provided notice or warning to affected individuals.