[Dataloss] Data Loss at VA AGAIN

[Henry Brown]

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Deja vu all over again at VA

November 16, 2007  (Computerworld) -- In what's become a fairly familiar 
routine for them of late, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is 
investigating a potential data breach -- the theft of three computers 
containing personal data on potentially 12,000 individuals.

Two desktop PCs and one laptop containing that data were stolen from a 
medical facility in Roudebush, Indiana -- ironically enough, on Veterans 
Day. The records belong to patients who were treated at the hospital and 
include Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable 
information.

"It appears from this most recent breach that there are still some in 
the VA, even some responsible for the security of such data, who don't 
realize the importance of the security of the names and data of our 
veterans," Congressman Steve Buyer (R-Ind) said in a prepared statement.

According to Buyer, the VA notified his office of the breach on Thursday 
and are working on ascertaining the names and data of the people who 
might have been affected by the theft.

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