Army National Guard announces data breach; establishes call center.

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:11:53 -0400

Another unnecessary data breach, separate from the OPM, but just as damaging if not more so.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Former and current members of the Army National Guard could be affected by a breach of personal information, Guard officials said today.

This incident is unrelated to the breach of federal civilian employee personal information reported last week and on Thursday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), officials confirmed.

“All current and former Army National Guard members since 2004 could be affected by this breach because files containing personal information was inadvertently transferred to a non-DoD-accredited data center by a contract employee,” said Maj. Earl Brown, a spokesman for the National Guard Bureau. The data includes the Soldiers’ names, full Social Security numbers, dates of birth and home addresses.

http://www.nationalguard.mil/Features/IdentityTheft.aspx

Identity Theft - The National Guard

The official website of the National Guard

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 11 at 2015 10:27 PM

SPC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 22:27:24 -0400

Got to love civilian contracted work!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 11 at 2015 11:42 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 11 Jul 2015 23:42:11 -0400

Go gaurd !!!

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 13 at 2015 8:06 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 08:06:04 -0400

SGT Private RallyPoint Member Please someone disconnect all federal government computer systems to include the military from the internet and get some real experts to secure them, this is getting old already.

Response by SGT Bryon Sergent made Jul 13 at 2015 9:07 AM

SGT Bryon Sergent — Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:07:14 -0400

Yeah that actually explains a lot! Now I know where my taxes got screwed up. 2013 taxes were filed and received before I done my taxes at home. Never did receive the return on that! Called IRS about it and now have a new tax ID for the next 10 yrs.