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The pentagon data breach tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) incident, in which unauthorized access to a Pentagon personnel server persisted for roughly nine months. Coverage focuses on the exposure of Social Security numbers and other personal details belonging to more than 3 million people, the notification letters sent to those affected, and the unanswered questions about who gained entry, which product or system was involved, and how much data was taken. Because the story touches identity theft risk, government record-keeping, and enterprise security response, follow-up threads track the defense community's ongoing fallout and accountability questions.
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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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