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The Washington Post | VA put millions of people at risk of identity theft, audit finds
The Veterans Affairs Department, while responding to requests for records on veterans’ benefits claims, “put millions of people at risk of identity theft” by not deleting personally identifying information on other people from those records, an audit has found.
That information included names and Social Security numbers of people such as other military personnel and doctors who had treated the veteran. The report said people whose names were in the records were not informed that their information had been released, “meaning individuals at risk of identity theft might not be aware of that risk.” |
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