Key facts
- The Pentagon is notifying 2.8 million current and former military members of a data breach.
- Stolen data includes Social Security numbers, names, addresses, sex, and occupational specialty.
- The breach occurred through a compromise of a Defense Manpower Data Center network.
- This is the second major U.S. federal agency data breach in recent months.
- The FBI also reported a breach by the ransomware group ShinyHunters.
The Pentagon is informing more than 2.8 million current and former military members that their personnel records, containing sensitive personal information, were stolen during a months-long compromise of one of its networks. This incident is the second major breach of U.S. federal agency data in recent months.