U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs suffered a data breach incident that exposed the COVID-19 vaccination status data for about 500,000 of its employees.

Following an internal investigation, the agency removed a spreadsheet containing personal details including vaccination status.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/va-admits-to-improperly-disclosing-covid-19-vaccine-data-for-500000-staff/

"id": "USD03741222",
"linkid": "department-of-veterans-affairs",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "70",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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