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The military personnel records tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussion of how sensitive service-member data is stored, secured, and sometimes exposed. A recurring example is the Pentagon DMDC breach, in which unauthorized access to a Defense Manpower Data Center personnel server lasted roughly nine months and led to notification of more than 3 million people whose Social Security numbers and other personal details were compromised. Threads under this tag tend to focus on the scope of such incidents, the unanswered questions about who gained access and how, and the practical consequences for affected personnel and the defense community.
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    Pentagon DMDC Data Breach Exposes SSNs of 3 Million After Nine Months of Unauthorized Access

    For about nine months, someone had access to files on a Pentagon personnel server that the U.S. military trusts with millions of records. The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), the Defense Department office that keeps personnel records, is now writing to more than 3 million people to tell them...
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