More than 3 million people affected by military data breach

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Reports that a breach of the Defense Manpower Data Center exposed unencrypted names, contact information, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and military job records of nearly 2.8 million living and 294,000 deceased people with U.S. military ties. Unauthorized access lasted from October 2025 to July 2026 through a file-sharing system vulnerability.

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