[privacy] Another VA Breach Affects 1,600 Veterans in N.Y.

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via SC Magazine Online.

[snip]

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is again warning veterans their
identity may be at risk following the theft of an unencrypted laptop
from the agency's New York Harbor Healthcare System.

The breach affects veterans who receive pulmonary care at the hospital,
according to an Oct. 20 letter to veterans, released Wednesday by U.S.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. The computer, stored in a locked room at
the time of the theft, contained personal information, including names,
Social Security numbers and diagnosis data, the letter said.

About 1,600 veterans were affected by the Sept. 6 theft, VA spokeswoman
Jo Shuda told SCMagazine.com. She was unsure if the laptop was
encrypted. Duplicate patient listings incorrectly placed the number of
affected vetersans at 2,400 earlier in the day, according to VA officials.

[snip]

More:
http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/602715/another-va-breach-affects-1600-veterans-new-york-system/

- ferg


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