United States Department of Veterans Affairs Data Breach (2013)
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
lowVERIS
Disclosed
November 20, 2012
4875 days ago
Records
14
Confirmed
Root Cause
Improper Disposal
Industry
Government
Description
A VHA clinician sent an unencrypted email with VA protected health information (PHI) in the form of photographs and radiology images to her private email accounts and accessed and stored those images on her personal equipment. The email also included full SSN and date of birth
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