Mississippi National Guard investigating data breach

[Christine Fulgham <christine () opensecurityfoundation org>]

http://www.databreaches.net/?p=14510
Shelia Byrd of The Associated Press
reports<http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/10/ap-mississippi-guard-information-breach-100810/>
:

The Mississippi National Guard is investigating the extent of a security
breach after nearly 3,000 active members’ personnel records, including
social security numbers, were posted online for several weeks.

[...]

The National Guard and the AP were notified about the breach by Aaron Titus,
information privacy director of Liberty Coalition, a Washington-based policy
institute.

[...]

The administrative records belonged to the 155th Brigade Combat Team, and
were compiled at various times between 2006 and 2008, including while the
brigade was deployed in Iraq, Titus said.

The files contained 2,674 unique names and 2,672 social security numbers, he
said. Other breached information included dates of birth, security clearance
data, ranks and pay grades and home and cell phone numbers.

[...]

There doesn’t seem to be any statement or announcement on the MNG’s
web site<http://www.ngms.state.ms.us/Pages/Default.aspx>at this time.

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