In the US, a database of Pentagon employees has been breached by hackers
Hackers may have stolen the personal data of more than 3 million military personnel, veterans, Pentagon employees, contractors, and family members of the military.
In the US, a database containing information on Pentagon employees has been breached by hackers
The attack occurred in the information system of the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). This center is responsible for verifying the identity of Department of Defense credentials that grant access to military facilities and computer networks. In total, the center stores more than 60 million records. Federal News Network writes that the data was not encrypted. The unauthorized access was first detected in October 2025. Only on July 16 did specialists resolve the vulnerability. The Pentagon stated that only a very small number of users had access to the data.
The leak became known less than a week after another similar incident. The ShinyHunters group claimed to have illegally accessed the database of FBIJobs, the FBI's main portal for job applicants.
The FBI confirmed the investigation and is not ruling out the possibility that the personal data of every employee may have been compromised. Among them are home addresses, personal and work phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and contact details of relatives. The hackers even obtained medical information of FBI employees — examinations, analyses, and fitness-for-duty tests, as well as the results of psychiatric evaluations. The data contains information about prescribed medications, electrocardiogram results, allergies, and symptoms of depression.
ShinyHunters has already provided a portion of the stolen data to journalists. Reuters reviewed a spreadsheet consisting of 5,000 records. It lists employees of units dealing with China, Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah, who conduct covert technical surveillance in telecommunications. Journalists confirmed the accuracy of the information regarding 20 people in the sample.