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Pentagon breach exposes data of 2.76 million personnel
Original: Pentagon data breach exposes Social Security numbers, personal info of 2.76M US military, civilian personnel
A data breach at the Pentagon has exposed Social Security numbers and other personal information belonging to 2.76 million US military and civilian personnel. The incident is being widely reported by news outlets and has raised fresh concerns about how the Department of Defense protects the sensitive records of its workforce.
Why now: The scale of the breach and the sensitivity of exposed Social Security numbers make it a major cybersecurity story.
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