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National Public Data tells officials 'only' 1.3M people affected by intrusion
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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It sounds like they just report the number they are sure of at the time and update the filing later. Very high chance the number of affected is much more then 1.3M - the number of unique email addresses alone makes it pretty clear its more.