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A Close Up Look at the Consumer Data Broker Radaris

Summary: A Krebs on Security investigation found that Radaris, a people-search network formed in 2009, is run by co-founders Igor Lybarsky (who uses the name Gary Norden) and his brother Dmitry, through a Cyprus-incorporated entity called Bitseller Expert Ltd. The report links their domain registrations to Russian-language dating sites, affiliate networks, and California marketing firms that advertise for Channel One, a Russian state-owned media outlet sanctioned by the U.S. government in May 2022. The Better Business Bureau gives Radaris an "F" rating, citing 159 complaints in the past year, including from people whose removed records were later restored.

What's compelling: Radaris reports include the first six digits of a person's Social Security number and address and phone records for known relatives and associates, which the article notes can answer knowledge-based authentication questions. The FTC fined TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate $5.8 million in September 2023 for acting as consumer reporting agencies, and Radaris properties funnel customers to those same companies.

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Data Breaches
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