Pentagon data breach exposes records of ~3 million military and civilian personnel with SSNs
The Defense Manpower Data Center suffered unauthorized access to a file-sharing system over months (Oct 2025–July 2026), exposing names, dates of birth, SSNs, contact info, and military occupational specialties for approximately 2.76M living and 294K deceased individuals.
TLDR
The massive scale and sensitive nature of the data raise national security, identity theft, and espionage risks. It highlights persistent vulnerabilities in U.S. government systems handling classified personnel information and clearance details.
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