Health data of about 600 Minneapolis VA patients stolen
Health information of about 600 Minnesota veterans who used the Minneapolis VA health care facility was stolen in a cyber-attack. The US Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed the incident. The date of the attack and the specific response measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Minneapolis VA Health Care System
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Health information of about 600 veterans
- Cause / method
- Theft of health information through a cyber-attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The US Department of Veterans Affairs said health information of about 600 Minnesota veterans had been stolen in a cyber-attack.
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