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Hackers target 55,000 VFW members (updated)

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Dissent

Jermont Terry reports:

Local veterans said they are just learning now their identities may have be stolen from the VFW.

Cyber hackers broke into the agency’s website and likely compromised military plans, not to mention the peace of mind of vets.

This security breach happened back in February but it seems the thousands of vets affected by this are just finding out they were actual victims of these hackers.

Read more on JRN.

Update: a copy of the notification letter was posted today to the California Attorney General’s website, here (pdf).


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