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Department of Veterans Affairs was warned privacy breach was practically unavoidable

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Dissent

Joe Camp reports that the I-Team kept digging into the recent eBenefits breach, and came across an interesting document:

The I-Team has uncovered documents revealing the Department of Veterans Affairs was warned that a privacy breach, like the one ABC11 exposed last month, was “practically unavoidable because of problems with the VA’s information technology system.”

The I-Team was the first to report the breach back in January, and obtained new documents Friday.

ABC11 got a hold of the own internal document from the House Veteran Affairs Committee. It literally spells out what could happen, and what did happen, a few months later.

[…]

The report even gives a timeline, 12 to 18 months, and says the VA cannot ensure the safety and privacy of veteran healthcare, benefits, and financial information. It also says the department is non-compliant with its own policies and federal laws.

[….]

The VA has reportedly called the document a draft that was later rescinded and corrected. Nonetheless, for some veterans, including Edwards, that explanation does not hold up.

Read more on ABC11, and kudos to the I-Team. Our veterans deserve better.

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