Big Navy data breach: 100,000 at risk

This has got to be infuriating for them—the risk of ID theft is very real here. Washington Post is reporting that a Navy web site had posted the full names and social security numbers of 100,000 Navy and Marine aviators and crew members.

Personal records for every Navy and Marine Corps aviator or aircrew member who has logged flight hours in the past 20 years have been posted on a public Navy Web site for the past six months, compromising more than 100,000 Social Security numbers, the Navy Safety Center announced yesterday.