""The preliminary investigation is ongoing, and we are assessing the scope of any concerns and any necessary required remediation," the spokesperson added. "We are in the process of evaluating technical remediation solutions and will act as appropriate. Compliance with the Privacy Act and identifying a solution for this technical problem is critical to the DAF to ensure warfighter readiness and lethality.""
""This message is to inform you of a critical Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) exposure related to USAF SharePoint Permissions," the notice says. "As a result of this breach, all USAF SharePoints will be blocked Air Force-wide to protect sensitive information." Two other Microsoft services, Teams and Power BI dashboards, will also allegedly be blocked because both access SharePoint, the alert continued, adding that restoration may take up to two weeks."
The Department of the Air Force confirmed an investigation into a privacy-related issue tied to SharePoint permissions. A preliminary investigation is ongoing to assess the scope and remediation needs. The Air Force is evaluating technical remediation solutions while emphasizing compliance with the Privacy Act to maintain warfighter readiness. A breach notification warned of PII and PHI exposure related to USAF SharePoint permissions and stated all USAF SharePoints would be blocked Air Force-wide. The notice said Teams and Power BI dashboards could also be blocked because they access SharePoint, and restoration could take up to two weeks. The DAF cannot yet confirm service outages.
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