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Veteran Affairs Data Breach

Veteran Affairs Data Breach

Veteran Affairs Data Breach reported a hacker successfully breaches their system making off with personal information belonging to more than 46,000 veterans served by the department.

According to the Veteran Affairs breach notification, the hackers utilized social engineering techniques and exploited the authentication protocol to access the Veteran Affairs’s Financial Services Center App (FSC). From there, they began to divert VA payments intended to go to healthcare providers for medical treatment. A spokesman for the VA says there was an exposure of veterans’ patient records.

A press release on the subject reads in part, as follows:

“To protect these Veterans, the FSC is alerting the affected individuals, including the next-of-kin of those who are deceased, of the potential risk to their personal information. The department is also offering access to credit monitoring services, at no cost, to those whose social security numbers may have been compromised.”

Unfortunately, this is not the first Veteran Affairs data breach. The first incident occurred in 2006 when an unknown party stole a laptop and an external hard drive that contained personal information belonging to more than 26 million veterans. By comparison, this is a very small-scale attack, although that’s small consolation to those who have compromised their personal information.

In any case, if you have received no word from the Department of Veterans Affairs, it’s safe to assume you’re not among the affected. Even so, out of an abundance of caution, it’s a good idea to keep a watchful eye out for phishing type attacks aimed at getting more information from you. Monitor your credit report for accounts opened in your name.

September 29, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Veteran Affairs Data Breach

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