by Eric Beech (Reuters) Hackers gained access to sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, for 134,386 current and former U.S. sailors, the U.S. Navy said on Wednesday.
“The Navy takes this incident extremely seriously – this is a matter of trust for our sailors,” Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Admiral Robert Burke said in a statement.Burke said the investigation of the breach was in its early stages.
“At this stage of the investigation, there is no evidence to suggest misuse of the information that was compromised,” the Navy said.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; editing by Grant McCool)
(Reuters)
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