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VA Systems Hacked From Abroad

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Dissent

Eric Chabrow reports:

Since 2010, hackers from other nations, including China and perhaps Russia, have repeatedly breached Department of Veterans Affairs computers containing unencrypted data on some 20 million veterans, the chairman of a House panel said at a June 4 hearing.

In at least one incident, hackers encrypted the unencrypted VA data, making it impossible for the government to know exactly what information was exposed.

Read more on HealthcareInfoSecurity.com


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