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Pentagon DMDC Breach: 3M Military SSNs Exposed 9 Months File photo: An aerial view of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Photo: Master Sgt. Ken Hammond, U.S. Air Force (public domain). The institution charged with defending the United States could not defend its own filing cabinet. The Pentagon has confirmed that a breach of a file-sharing system at the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) exposed unencrypted personnel records for roughly 3.05 million people — including the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and in some cases the military occupational specialties of current and former U.S. service members. Unauthorized users had access to the files from October 2025 until the vulnerability was discovered and patched on July 16, 2026: roughly nine months of quiet, unnoticed access to one of the most sensitive personnel databases in the federal government. The news broke last week in Military Times and was confirmed Monday, September 28, by defense officials speaking to ...

Emergency responders work the wreckage of an F-16 Fighting Falcon that went down near Traverse City, Michigan, on September 17, 2026. (Image: TechPulse USA) Published September 18, 2026 · By TechPulse USA It started as a training flight and ended as a toxic emergency. An F-16 Fighting Falcon went down Thursday afternoon in rural Grand Traverse County, Michigan, and by Friday the story had shifted from a plane crash to something scarier: a hazardous chemical spill at the wreckage that sent 34 people to the hospital for decontamination and left six hospitalized . The pilot survived — he ejected before impact and is in stable condition. But for the people who rushed toward the crash, the danger wasn't the fireball. It was what leaked out of the wreckage. A fireball over cherry country: what happened Thursday afternoon The jet slammed into the ground around 1:52 p.m. ET Thursday, September 17 , near County Road 633 and Jeffrey Road in Green Lake Township — roughly 15 minutes sout...