GovExex reports:
The Defense Department is notifying some 26,000 individuals who were impacted by a data breach that was linked to a now secured server whose contents were released online last year, a spokesperson confirmed to Nextgov/FCW.
The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency on Feb. 1 issued a notice to those affected — including current and former employees — urging them to enroll in identity theft protection services that resulted from the leaked cache uncovered by a security researcher last February.
DefenseScoop first reported on the contents of the recent breach notification document.
“This letter is to notify you of a data breach incident that may have resulted in a breach of your personally identifiable information (PII). During the period of February 3, 2023 through February 20, 2023, numerous email messages were inadvertently exposed to the Internet by a [DOD] service provider,” the reported readout said.
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