All posts tagged "Data Breach"

A breach of the Pentagon’s personnel database exposed Social Security numbers and other sensitive information about current and former military personnel, raising fears about how the data could be used.

Unauthorized users gained access to a Defense Manpower Data Center server last October, but the Pentagon did not discover or fix the problem until July, according to a notification letter reviewed by CNN.

The Pentagon said in its letter dated this month that it “does not have any indications of misuse” of the information exposed from the breach....

The DNC suspended Bernie Sanders' campaign from accessing its own voter data following accusations that a staffer took advantage of a data breach to look into the Clinton campaign's voter information. The staffer in question, Josh Uretsky, has already been fired from his position, and the Sanders campaign emphasized its desire to hold a clean election without the dirty politics.

With hackers stealing tens of millions of customer details in recent months, firms across the globe are ratcheting up IT security and nervously wondering which of them is next.