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...WASHINGTON - The U.S. defense agency that handles secure communications for President Donald Trump said Social Security numbers and other personal data in its network may have been compromised, according to letters seen by Reuters on Thursday that were sent to people possibly affected.
...The letters, dated Feb. 11, 2020, say that between May and July 2019, personal data may have been compromised "In a data breach" of a system hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
...They did not say what part of DISA's network had been breached, nor identify which individuals may have had their data compromised.
...The term data breach can have many meanings, from hackers penetrating a network to a supposedly secure server being accidentally exposed to the internet.
...The agency's letters said it had no evidence any personal data possibly taken was misused, but that it was required to notify individuals who may have had data taken.
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