More Marines Personal Data Compromised

The Marine Corps reported Oct. 6 that Lincoln B.P. Management, Inc., which manages base housing at Camp Pendleton, Calif., has lost a laptop computer containing personal information on 2,400 Marines. Marines at risk are those living in Pendleton’s housing areas at San Onofre I and II, Stuart Mesa and Pacific View. Both the company and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service are investigating. The incident follows the loss of a thumb drive by a Marine major at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., which contained Social Security numbers of more than 200,000 Marines. Subsequently, the Marines reprogrammed its system to hide Social Security numbers except for specific needs. Other recent data losses include a laptop stolen from the Department of Veterans Affairs which contained the Social Security numbers of 28.5 million active-duty service members and veterans, and a compromise of personal information on more than 100,000 aviation sailors and Marines.