Investigators believe the data from credit cards used at the Pentagon food court may have been stolen or compromised in some sort of fraud.
It’s unclear whether the problem stems from a large-scale data breach or criminal activity by a small group of Pentagon food court employees, a defense official said.
On Friday, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency emailed the roughly 24,000 people who work at the Pentagon to notify them about “numerous reports of fraudulent use of credit cards belonging to Pentagon personnel,” defense officials said.
The email encouraged Pentagon personnel to check their credit card statements for any suspicious charges.
Pentagon investigators are working with local and federal law enforcement agencies to “determine the scope and the source of this credit card compromise,” according to a Defense Department statement.
Employees who find fraudulent charges on their cards should report them to pfpa.ncr.itd.list.tf1@mail.mil.
