US Marines Confirm 21,000 Details Exposed in Data Breach

Personal data of thousands of US Marines, sailors and civilians has been accidentally disclosed after an unencrypted email was sent to the wrong email distribution list. According to Marine Corps Times, 21,426 people are affected by the breach, with truncated social security numbers, bank details, truncated credit card information, mailing address, residential address and emergency contact information all included. The email containing the data was sent within the usmc.mil official unclassified Marine domain, but also to some civilian accounts by the Defense Travel System, a Defense Department system that assists military and civilian defense personnel with travel itineraries and settling expenses from official authorized trips.