Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
Two major US federal agencies have suffered significant data breaches in the last month, exposing sensitive personnel records of millions of individuals. The Pentagon and the FBI are among the affected, with stolen data including Social Security numbers and occupational details.
Why it matters
These breaches pose a severe national security risk, as foreign adversaries could use the stolen information to identify and target high-value government personnel.
MONTHSLONG DATA BREACH Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
6 Credit: Getty Images Credit: Getty Images Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav The Pentagon is informing more than 2 million current and former military members that their personnel records storing sensitive personal information were stolen over a monthslong compromise of one of its networks. The breach is the second one in recent months to expose sensitive government information.
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