US Veterans Health Administration Jan 2007 Physical Action (Q16032)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | US Veterans Health Administration Jan 2007 Physical Action |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2007
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that an employee reported a government-owned, portable hard drive used by the employee at a Department facility in Birmingham, Ala. ? and potentially containing personal information about some veterans ? is missing and may have been stolen. I am concerned about this report, said Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. VAs Office of Inspector General and the FBI are conducting a thorough investigation into this incident. VAs Office of Information and Technology is conducting a separate review. We intend to get to the bottom of this, and we will take aggressive steps to protect and assist anyone whose information may have been involved. On January 22, the employee at the Birmingham VA Medical Center reported that an external hard (English)
