Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
Pentagon says hackers stole 2.8 million service members' records; ShinyHunters claims a separate FBI employee-data theft.
The Pentagon is notifying more than 2 million current and former military members that personnel records were stolen in a monthslong compromise of a Defense Manpower Data Center system. Stolen fields include Social Security numbers, names, addresses, sex, race, and occupational specialty, covering 2.8 million living individuals. Separately, ransomware group ShinyHunters claimed it stole records on thousands of current or former FBI employees, including roles tied to China and Russia investigations. An FBI official urged members of the group to turn themselves in.
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