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Pentagon's Defense Manpower Data Center discloses data breach affecting over 3 million individuals

The Pentagon's Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) disclosed that an information system experienced unauthorized access to personally identifiable information by a small number of unauthorized users between October 2025 and July 2026, affecting 2.76 million living individuals and 294,000 deceased individuals. The accessed files contained unencrypted personal information that can include Social Security numbers, names, dates of birth, contact information, sex and race, and military personnel details. The Department of War says it has no indication that the accessed information has been misused, and DMDC said it immediately remediated the vulnerability after discovering it. Affected individuals are being notified by postal mail through the Department's contracted provider Identity Theft Guard Solutions (IDX), which is providing notification, credit monitoring and identity restoration support.