Pentagon data breach exposed millions of military personnel records

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 30 Sept, 21:42 · Archive

The Pentagon data breach exposed sensitive information on nearly 3 million people.

A months-long data breach at the Pentagon exposed sensitive information on nearly 3 million current and former US military personnel. The Department of Defense has notified those affected. The breach went undiscovered for an extended period.

How it is being reported

• Pentagon data breach exposes Social Security numbers, personal info of 2.76M US military, civilian personnelFox News · 30 Sept, 22:31
• Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breachTechCrunch · 30 Sept, 20:29
• Pentagon data breach took months to discover, reports showCBS News · 29 Sept, 14:09

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