Massive Pentagon hack sees records of 2.7 million US military personnel leaked during months-long data breach — names, military service records and Social Security numbers all revealed
It is the DoD’s personnel-data agency that collects and maintains personnel and workforce data. In the letter, the DMDC explained what happened, and offered complementary identity theft monitoring services:“On July 16, 2026, a security vulnerability in a DMDC file sharing system was discovered, which allowed unauthorized users to access files,” the letter reads. You will receive a confirmation email shortly."},"failureMessage":"There was a problem.
- ▪It is the DoD’s personnel-data agency that collects and maintains personnel and workforce data.
- ▪In the letter, the DMDC explained what happened, and offered complementary identity theft monitoring services:“On July 16, 2026, a security vulnerability in a DMDC file sharing system was discovered, which allowed unauthorized users to acce
- ▪You will receive a confirmation email shortly."},"failureMessage":"There was a problem.
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| Canonical URL | https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/massive-pentagon-hack-sees-records-of-2-7-million-us-military-personnel-leaked-during-months-long-data-breach-names-military-service-records-and-social-security-numbers-all-revealed |
| Publication time | Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:05:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-10-01T16:12:33.981Z |
| Last seen | 2026-10-01T16:12:33.981Z |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Pro Security Massive Pentagon hack sees records of 2.7 million US military personnel leaked during months-long data breach — names, military service records and Social Security numbers all revealed News By Sead Fadilpašić Published 1 October 2026 A bug in a file-sharing service exposed sensitive military employee data When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Breach exposed PII of three million current and former DoD-affiliated individualsAttackers accessed unencrypted data for months via vulnerable…
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