Hewlett Packard Enterprise laptop hack exposes personal details of 130,000 US Navy sailors

A data breach has exposed the personal details of more than 130,000 US Navy sailors, including social security numbers. Rather than being a breach of the Navy's own defences, the data leak came about after a laptop owned by a Hewlett Packard Enterprise employee was compromised. In total, 134,386 current and former sailors are affected by the problem. At this stage it is not known who has been able to access the data, but the Navy is confident that it has not been misused. An investigation is currently underway and the Navy will start to notify the thousands of affected… [Continue Reading]