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Data Breaches Expose Vets, COVID-19 Patients

A pair of healthcare-related data breaches at high-profile government agencies have impacted tens of thousands of people. A cyberattack at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has impacted about 46,000 veterans, exposing their financial information. Another incident, at the UK’s National Health Service, exposed personal information for 18,105 Welsh citizens. The Wales arm of the NHS announced that personally identifiable information (PII) of Welsh residents who tested positive for COVID-19 was exposed, through individual human error

Source: https://threatpost.com/data-breach-duo-vets-covid-19-patients/159283/

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