On April 22nd, 2021, a hacker going by the online handle of Pompompurin leaked a database containing personal and sensitive household data of over 250 million (250,807,711) American citizens and residents.
As seen by Hackread.com, the database was leaked on a prominent hacker forum and comprises 263 GB worth of records including 1,274 Excel files.
Although, it is unclear who collected or owned the data, according to sources the leak came from open Apache SOLR hosted on Amazon Web Server. Additionally, the data was available on three different IP addresses all of which were accessed by the hacker before being removed or reassigned by its owner.
What Hackread.com can confirm is that the leaked information contains treasure trove data for cybercriminals and State-backed hackers. For instance:
Full names
Phone numbers
Email addresses
Date of birth
Marital status
Gender
House cost
Home rent
Home built year
Zipcodes
Credit capacity
Home addresses
Geolocation
Political affiliation
Number of vehicles owned
Salary and income details
Number of pets in a house
Number of children in a house.
The only good news is that there are no passwords in the leak.
Sample data
Extracted 263 GB worth of data (Image: Hackread.com)
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Database on Russian hacker forums
Since it has been a week that the database was dumped online, Hackread.com has noticed that it is now being circulated on several Russian-speaking hacker forums along with Telegram chat groups.
Based on the ongoing diplomatic row between Russia and the United States over the SolarWinds hack, the leaked records are a treasure trove for malicious parties seeking data on American citizens.
