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/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/department-of-veterans-affairs

"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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                        'industry': 'Government',
                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['spreadsheet'],
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 500000,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['COVID-19 vaccination status',
                                              'personal details']},
 'description': '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.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['COVID-19 vaccination status',
                                 'personal details']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Removed the spreadsheet containing '
                                       'personal details']},
 'title': 'U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}