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Personal information, including Social Security numbers for as many as 2.2 million U.S. military personnel, including nearly 80 percent of the active-duty force, were among the data stone from the home of a Department of Veterans affairs analyst last month, says this WashingtonPost article, quoting federal officials.

Obvious concerns have been raised about national security as well as identity theft. The article goes on to state:

The department announced that personal data for as many as 1.1 million active-duty military personnel, 430,000 National Guard members and 645,000 reserve members may have been included on an electronic file stolen May 3 from a department employee's house in Aspen Hill. The data include names, birth dates and Social Security numbers, VA spokesman Matt Burns said.

Although there has been no evidence found yet that the stolen information has been used to commit identity theft, defense officials say the loss is unprecedented and raises grave concerns about the safety of U.S. military forces.

Read the full article here.

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