Pentagon data breach exposed data on more than 3 million people for nine months
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TL;DR: The Pentagon's personnel data system was accessed for roughly nine months before officials discovered and patched the vulnerability, which exposed personally identifiable information tied to more than 3 million people. It contained a particularly sensitive combination of data: Social Security numbers and information about the jobs held by military and civilian personnel – a pairing that raises risks beyond conventional identity theft.
The affected system was run by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), which manages personnel records across the military and much of the Defense Department's civilian workforce.
The Defense Department said the incident affected 2.76 million living people and another 294,000 who are deceased. DMDC holds more than 60 million personnel records, including records for active-duty troops, reservists, civilian employees, contractors, retirees, veterans and military family members.
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