USA Criminal & Arrest Records 70M Data Leak Data Breach
In May 2024, notorious cyber threat actor 'USDoD' (operating under the moniker 'EquationCorp', later identified and arrested by Brazilian Federal Police) released an extensive aggregate database containing criminal records of millions of Americans on BreachForums.
Exposed Data Types
3 sensitive7- Criminal records
- Physical attributes
- Court records
- Names
- Physical addresses
- Dates of birth
- Aliases
About This Breach
The exposed archive contains 70,490,161 unique criminal arrest, court disposition, and conviction records compiled from county sheriff databases and commercial background screening repositories. Detailed forensic fields include subject full legal names, recognized aliases, birth dates, demographic attributes (race, sex, height, weight, eye color), residential addresses, offense descriptions, arresting agency IDs, and case disposition details.
The mass public exposure of historical court and arrest records heightens the risk of extortion, reputational damage, discrimination in automated vetting systems, and targeted social engineering schemes.
Verification and editorial method
LeakData compares the incident name, date, affected-record count, and exposed data types with accessible sources. Unverified fields are not presented as facts, and records are updated when new evidence becomes available.
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