VA Exposes Sensitive Veteran Data to Thousands of Unauthorized Employees

The VA lacks accountability. It has forever, and likely always will.

(From NextGov)

The security lapse, first flagged by a whistleblower in September 2018, left the data exposed to more than 25,000 remote users across the country, many of whom had no need to access the information, auditors found.

The files stored on the network drives included “medical records, correspondence about medical examinations and disability claims decisions, and veterans’ statements in support of their claims,” the IG said, as well as patients’ names, addresses, birthdays and phone numbers.