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Pentagon Data Breach – Hackers Reportedly Accessed 3 Million People’s Sensitive Data (cybersecuritynews.com)

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The Pentagon has confirmed a major data breach involving a Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) information system, exposing sensitive personal information belonging to more than three million people. The incident affected 2.76 million living individuals and approximately 294,000 deceased people, placing one of the Department of Defense’s most important personnel repositories under renewed scrutiny. According […] The post Pentagon Data Breach – Hackers Reportedly Accessed 3 Million People’s Sensitive Data appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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[–] GardenGeek@europe.pub 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It’s fascinating how quickly the shift to a top leadership that is as incompetent as possible is having an impact on all U.S. government organizations.

But then again, given the purge carried out at the start of Trump’s second term, perhaps that’s not such a surprise after all… the whole point was to replace competent civil servants with loyalists who wouldn’t speak up.