Pentagon data breach exposes records of over three million people

A major data breach involving the Defense Manpower Data Center has exposed the personal records of more than three million people. Fox News reported that the incident compromised sensitive military records and Social Security numbers, raising significant long term identity theft concerns for affected veterans and military community members. [1]

An official from the War Department told CyberGuy that the breach affected 2.76 million living individuals along with 294,000 deceased individuals. The exposed information impacts people who served in the military, worked for the Department of War, or held other ties to the military community. [1]

Security experts noted that while credit cards can be canceled and passwords can be changed following a breach, exposed Social Security numbers create fallout that victims could be dealing with for years. [1]

Data breaches involving large institutions have occurred frequently in recent months. As FTMQ News reported earlier, a separate cyber breach at the Technical University of Denmark exposed up to 200,000 user records spanning over two decades after hackers accessed an identity management system. [1][4]