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Navy: Personal Data of 134K Sailors ‘Compromised’

The names and Social Security numbers of 134,386 sailors, “was reported as compromised” due to a data breach of a contractor laptop, the Navy announced late Wednesday afternoon.

Contractor Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services notified the service in late October that the security of a laptop belonging to the company containing the data had been breached.

This week Hewlett-Packard and Naval Criminal Investigative Services determined the personal data of current and former, “were accessed by unknown individuals.”

According to the service, “at this stage of the investigation, there is no evidence to suggest misuse of the information that was compromised.”

The breach centered on the Navy’s Career Waypoints – or C-Way – database in which sailors can submit reenlistment and other career related requests, reported Navy Times on late Wednesday.