Holbrook Mohr reports:
The Veterans Administration announced an investigation today into whether medical or financial information from parts of 3 states was compromised after more than 1,800 files were found spread on an office floor at a veterans’ hospital in south Mississippi.
The investigation could affect veterans, deceased veterans or VA employees in 7 counties in south Mississippi, 4 counties in south Alabama and 7 counties in the Florida Panhandle.
The VA said an employee’s office at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Biloxi was “inappropriately accessed without proper authorization” on July 21. Some of the 1,814 medical files contained veterans’ names, Social Security numbers, birthdates and medical diagnoses as well as employees’ personal information.
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Update: This subsequently appeared on HHS’s breach tool as “VA Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System” affecting 1,797 patients.