An infected laptop was used to access the systems at the Pentagon’s credit union, exposing the financial records of the members of the United States military, according to a Kaspersky Lab report.

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This isn’t the first time PenFed has been targeted. The credit union posted an alert on its Web site notifying users that a person who was calling members to say their mortgages were being sold and requesting personal information was fraudulently masquerading as a PenFed underwriter.

I wonder if the laptop had PCI-mandated firewall and anti-virus software.

via Hacked Laptop Causes Data Breach at Pentagon Federal Credit Union – Security – News & Reviews – eWeek.com.