Military.com reports:
The Coast Guard‘s personnel and pay system was taken offline Friday and will remain down until at least Feb. 19 while officials investigate a data breach that affected more than 1,100 members.
Coast Guard officials said Friday that the service’s Direct Access system, which manages pay and personnel matters, including orders, was hacked Friday, exposing sensitive information such as bank routing numbers and direct deposit account information.
According to the service, a junior petty officer noticed odd activity in their pay account and reported it to Coast Guard Cyber Command, which took the system offline to safeguard all accounts.
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