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The Department of War confirmed that a breach at the Defense Manpower Data Center exposed the personal information of 2.76 million living individuals and 294,000 deceased individuals.
A War Department official stated that unauthorized users accessed unencrypted personally identifiable information on a DMDC system between October 2025 and July 2026.
The exposed records may include Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, contact information, and military personnel details.
The department reported that it immediately remediated the vulnerability after discovery and currently has no indication that the accessed information has been misused.
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