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The Pentagon's personell records system was breached, potentially exposing the personal data of millions of current and former U.S. service members.
Summary
The breach, which went undeteCted for months, included unencrypted records containing Social Security numbers and military specialty information. Investigators are still determining the full scope of the attack and the identity of the responsible party.
This is a brief wire summary — the full story (linked below) has the complete details.
KazaSec's take
Incidents like this rarely start with the headline event itself — they usually trace back to an exposed remote-access endpoint, an unpatched perimeter system, or a credential phished weeks earlier. The organizations that recover fastest are the ones that tested their defenses and their incident response plan before they needed them.
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