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Albany VA Medical Center: Samuel S. Stratton
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 29, 2014. Also cited in 28 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000110994, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: ALBANY NY - 528A8
Issue:
A VA employee sent an unencrypted email to 8 VA employees as well as 1 outside union employee. Email contained information on 2 VA employees consisting of full name, full SSN, home address and home phone number.
Outcome:
10/29/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that there was a policy violation. While there was an unauthorized access/disclosure of data, it has been determined that the incident has a low probability of a risk of compromise.