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Pentagon Data Breach (2013)

Pentagon

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Disclosed

January 1, 2013

4833 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Misconfiguration

Industry

Government

Description

Lawyers working with Guantanamo Bay detainees had to pause their work after being told to stop using the Pentagon's computer system. An unspecified issue left over 500,000 emails unsafe to access or deleted from a Pentagon common drive. The breach left defense files unsecured and it may have been possible for prosecutors to view confidential defense emails.