Billions of Records from Global Data Breaches Sold, Including 2.9 Billion for $3.5M

A series of significant data breaches and leaks have been reported across various countries, impacting millions of citizens and several organizations. In the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, a threat actor named USDoD is allegedly selling a database containing 2.9 billion records for $3.5 million. This database, reportedly exfiltrated from National Public Data, spans 4 TB. Similarly, in Egypt, a database with 85 million records, and in Spain, a database containing 39.8 million records of citizens born from 1926 to 2004, are up for sale for $10,000. El Salvador's database leak includes 96,191 records of pregnant women, while in Iraq, data from 1 million Alsaree3 users have been leaked. Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) also faced a breach with over 400,000 records leaked. Additionally, a vulnerability in Mexico could potentially compromise millions of Volaris INVEX cards. France's Académie de Lyon and the French Ministry of Education had around 40K users' data for sale, and in Australia, a database from BHF Couriers in Smeaton Grange with 19.2 million rows was leaked. Moreover, a massive breach at SiSense, a business intelligence platform, was reported, with CISAgov and independent security researchers responding to the incident. Users are advised to change passwords of any SiSense accounts.