# Huntington Ingalls Industries data breach

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**Created:** [April 22, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038 "2023-04-22T03:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038/1 "2023-04-22T03:02:22Z")

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This one doesn’t seem to be headline news yet, but the company – the Navy’s largest contractor, I believe – just sent out the letters days ago. I got one and it sounds pretty serious:

“…As a result of the investigation, which concluded in April of 2023, we discovered that the information involved may have included your: name, social security number, phone number, credit card number, debit card, date of birth, and/or driver’s license.” That sounds like a lot.

Here’s the most info I’ve found online so far:

> **[Huntington Ingalls Industries Files Official Notice of Data Breach Affecting...](https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/huntington-ingalls-industries-files-3524071/)**
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> On April 18, 2023, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (“HII”) filed a notice of data breach with the Maine Attorney General after learning that...

It’s particularly galling that a military contractor has my SSN at all, to be insufficiently guarded and then stolen. I don’t recall doing business with them; haven’t bought any aircraft carriers lately. Anybody think this is more serious than your average everyday breach?

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038/2 "2023-04-22T03:09:57Z")

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> [@Briny\_Deep](#):
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> I don’t recall doing business with them; haven’t bought any aircraft carriers lately.

Maybe it was that Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack sub you got last December for deep water trawling of Chilean sea bass?