Active military data also stolen

Personal data on more than 2.2 million active-duty military troops ? not just 50,000 as initially believed ? were among the material stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last month, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

In a briefing paper to Congress, the Defense Department said the VA understated figures when it said up to 50,000 Navy and National Guard troops ? and no other active-duty personnel ? were affected by the May 3 burglary.

In fact, names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of more than 1.1 million active-duty troops from all the armed forces, along with more than 1 million National Guard and Reserve personnel, were also stolen, according to a Pentagon briefing paper distributed to Congress. A copy was obtained by The Associated Press.

The disclosure is the latest in a series of revisions by the government as to who was affected since publicizing the burglary on May 22. At the time, the VA said the stolen data involved up to 26.5 million veterans discharged since 1975, as well as some of their spouses.

A VA spokesman did not have an immediate comment.