Washington DC, Sept. 29 -- A breach of the Pentagon's personnel database exposed sensitive information, including Social Security numbers and details about jobs held by military and civilian personnel, affecting nearly 3 million people, according to ABC News.

The breach affected 2.76 million living people and another 294,000 deceased individuals, a US defence official said. The scope of the exposed information has raised concerns because the records included details about the jobs performed by military and civilian personnel.

"A Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) information system experienced unauthorized access of personally identifiable information by a small number of unauthorized users between October 2025 and July 2026. Upon disc...