Hacker Get Into Air Force Personal Information

Hacker Steals Air Force Officers' Personal Information: "Social Security numbers, birth dates and other private data on roughly 33,000 Air Force officers -- about half the branch's officer corps -- were stolen from a military computer database, the service informed its personnel late last week.

Officials of the Air Force Personnel Center, based at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, said the intrusion occurred sometime in May or June, apparently by someone who used a legitimate user's log-in information to gain access to the system.


The exposed data did not include financial records, but contained such personal information as marital status, number of children and academic records. No incidents of identity fraud have been tied to the theft, the military said, but officers were warned that Social Security numbers could be used to get other private data.

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Affected Air Force personnel were advised to monitor their credit reports closely."