The public relations nightmare for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) worsened this week with the announcement that last month’s loss of a relatively low impact hard drive loss actually affected 1.8 million people.
As I blogged February 7th in regards to the quote of only 48,000 affected: “It does not take much to increase those numbers.”
In December 2006 I wrote that it was was not a good idea to state that the VA would not have another large data breach.
VA Data Breach Worsens… A PR nightmare, according to SC Magazine
SC Magazine is quoted as saying that:
As I blogged February 7th in regards to the quote of only 48,000 affected: “It does not take much to increase those numbers.”
In December 2006 I wrote that it was was not a good idea to state that the VA would not have another large data breach.
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