🔴 Pentagon personnel database breach exposes personal data of millions

The US Department of Defense has confirmed a breach at one of its main repositories of personnel information, the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC), that has exposed the sensitive details of just over three million people.

According to media reports, some 2.76 million people are impacted by the breach, as well as a further 294,000 who are now deceased.

Unauthorised users are said to have accessed files between October 2025 and 16 July 2026 without anyone noticing. It was only after nine months that a vulnerability in a file-sharing system was discovered and patched by the DMDC.