U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

A cyberattack at the US Department of Veterans Affairs resulted in the personal information of some 46,000 veterans being made public.

Unauthorized individuals accessed one of the VA Financial Services Center's web applications, diverting funds intended for healthcare providers to pay for veterans' medical care.

The app has been taken offline and won't go back online until the VA has finished its security review.

Those whose Social Security numbers may have been hacked are also being given free access to credit monitoring services by the government.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/veterans-social-security-numbers-leaked-in-data-breach/

"id": "USD11419623",
"linkid": "department-of-veterans-affairs",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"