Posted on Jan 3, 2017
Pentagon subcontractor leaks classified personnel data
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A security researcher at the MacKeeper Security Research Center has revealed a Pentagon subcontractor exposed sensitive U.S. military health care personnel data thanks to an insecure server backup protocol.
MacKeeper’s Chris Vickery determined that at least 11 gigabytes of confidential data — including that of active top-secret security clearance holders — became accessible because of a server misconfiguration by Booz Allen Hamilton subcontractor Potomac Healthcare Solutions, according to a Dec. 31 post by Charlie Osborne on ZDNet’s Zero Day blog.
contract types, Social Security numbers, duty start dates, billet numbers, unit assignments, places of work, pay scales, clearance levels and recruitment notes, among other items. Many of those with data leaked are part of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Preservation of the Force and Families program.
The data leaked could be used for identity theft, as well as targeting individuals to be blackmailed and coerced into espionage.
Potomac says it has addressed the leak after being alerted by Vickery, and Booz Allen Hamilton has told ZDNet it is researching the incident.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-subcontractor-leaks-confidential-military-personnel-data/
MacKeeper’s Chris Vickery determined that at least 11 gigabytes of confidential data — including that of active top-secret security clearance holders — became accessible because of a server misconfiguration by Booz Allen Hamilton subcontractor Potomac Healthcare Solutions, according to a Dec. 31 post by Charlie Osborne on ZDNet’s Zero Day blog.
contract types, Social Security numbers, duty start dates, billet numbers, unit assignments, places of work, pay scales, clearance levels and recruitment notes, among other items. Many of those with data leaked are part of the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Preservation of the Force and Families program.
The data leaked could be used for identity theft, as well as targeting individuals to be blackmailed and coerced into espionage.
Potomac says it has addressed the leak after being alerted by Vickery, and Booz Allen Hamilton has told ZDNet it is researching the incident.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-subcontractor-leaks-confidential-military-personnel-data/
Pentagon subcontractor leaks classified personnel data
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this is one of the WTF Moments and they need to Pay the cost of repairing for ALL !!! the damages...
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It seems as though very important, relevant information is being handled by morons, every month there is one or two of these.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Wow again? We even send an e-mail with medical stuff in it and we can get fired. My personal information has been breached on the military side, civilian side twice; the solution was to give me a year subscription to some low level credit monitoring site.
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