Now, Krebs On Security reports a roughly identical website to NPD called recordscheck.net was found to be hosting an archive containing site logins as well as source code for some of the site’s tools in plaintext. That would’ve been enough information to access the same consumer records as NPD. The now-removed file contained email data belonging to NPD founder Salvatore Verini, an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida.
In an email exchange with Krebs On Security, Verini wrote…