Organization Overview: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

MAP OF ORGANIZATION HEADQUARTERS

ASSOCIATED INCIDENTS

ID: 289: Names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of 26.5 million U.S. military veterans stolen

  • Date: 2006-05-22
  • Records Lost: 26,500,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 345: 16,000 legal case records on missing backup tape

  • Date: 2006-06-30
  • Records Lost: 16,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 389: Stolen computer contains personal data on as many as 38,000 veterans

  • Date: 2006-08-08
  • Records Lost: 38,000
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Unisys

ID: 839: 1.8 million Social Security numbers found on home computer of former contractor

  • Date: 2007-11-16
  • Records Lost: 1,800,000
  • Source: Inside Malicious
  • Submitted by: admin
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 1639: Mail sent to disabled veteran contained names, SSN and medical claim details of other veterans

  • Date: 2009-02-04
  • Records Lost: 20
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: kirniki
  • Location: Washington DC, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 2776: 656 Social Security numbers exposed on contractor stolen laptop

  • Date: 2010-05-12
  • Records Lost: 656
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: jkouns
  • Location: Washington D.C. DC, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Heritage Health Solutions

ID: 3194: Programming/mailing error exposes 6,299 Social Security numbers

  • Date: 2010-10-14
  • Records Lost: 6,299
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: kirniki
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Performance Analysis & Integrity

ID: 3309: 180 names and Social Security numbers exposed as an employee took home a list with information and then tried to email to work

  • Date: 2010-10-25
  • Records Lost: 180
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: pboals
  • Location: HI, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3313: 240 names, Social Security numbers, date of birth, mailing addresses, medical data (health information), and other financial information exposed as guard finds an unencrypted thumb drive inside the facility doors.

  • Date: 2010-10-08
  • Records Lost: 240
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: pboals
  • Location: TN, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3341: Veteran patient details kept on Yahoo Calendar using single password, may have been visible to unauthorised users.

  • Date: 2010-11-23
  • Records Lost: 878
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: altonius
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3357: A former VA physician's assistant stored unauthorized personal patient data on a personal laptop.

  • Date: 2010-03-11
  • Records Lost: Unknown
  • Source: Inside Malicious
  • Submitted by: pboals
  • Location: GA, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3380: A box containing information pertaining to 146 employees who took the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) test was left in the open while moving material from one storage area to another.

  • Date: 2010-10-25
  • Records Lost: 146
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: pboals
  • Location: New York NY, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3957: Folders with veterans' personal information stolen from employee's car

  • Date: 2007-01-30
  • Records Lost: Unknown
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: Bremerton WA, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3988: Computer containing health summary extracts was stolen from an outpatient clinic area.

  • Date: 2006-10-13
  • Records Lost: 600
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 3989: Computer containing 421 patient health summaries and other personal information - but not full Social Security Numbers - was stolen.

  • Date: 2006-10-13
  • Records Lost: 421
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 4028: Laptop with personal information on veterans left in the trunk of an employee's car was stolen

  • Date: 2006-06-29
  • Records Lost: 66
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: Minneapolis MN, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 4922: Medical transcription subcontractor threatened to expose 30,000 individuals protected health information over the Internet because of a payment dispute with another subcontractor

  • Date: 2006-06-14
  • Records Lost: 30,000
  • Source: Inside Malicious
  • Submitted by: jordan123
  • Location: US
  • Organizations: Unknown Organization, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 5174: Log book with personal and medical info stolen from a VA physician's car.

  • Date: 2011-11-03
  • Records Lost: 377
  • Source: Outside
  • Submitted by: Dissent
  • Location: Birmingham AL, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

ID: 5522: 2,257 Social Security numbers of living veterans was mistakenly released to Ancestry.com as part of a response to a Freedom of Information Act request

  • Date: 2012-01-25
  • Records Lost: 2,257
  • Source: Inside Accidental
  • Submitted by: jkouns
  • Location: Birmingham AL, US
  • Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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