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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 12:13:55 PDT
ZDNet http://www.zdnet.com/article/leaked-us-military-files-exposed/
NEW YORK -- A unsecured backup drive has exposed thousands of US Air Force documents, including highly sensitive personnel files on senior and high-ranking officers.
Security researchers found that the gigabytes of files were accessible to anyone because the Internet-connected backup drive was not password protected.
The files, reviewed by ZDNet, contained a range of personal information,
such as names and addresses, ranks, and Social Security numbers of more than
4,000 officers. Another file lists the security clearance levels of hundreds
of other officers, some of whom possess "top secret" clearance, and access
to sensitive compartmented information and codeword-level clearance.
Phone numbers and contact information of staff and their spouses, as well as other sensitive and private personal information, were found in several other spreadsheets.