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Obama administration knew that veterans’ personal info was at risk, security programs violated fed
dailycaller.com ^ | 2/22/14 | Patrick Howley

Posted on 02/23/2014 8:43:41 AM PST by ColdOne

The Obama administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) knew that a breach of veterans’ personal information was “practically unavoidable” months before it happened in January, according to an internal VA risk assessment that also said the department’s security programs are “non-compliant” with three federal laws.

House Veterans Affairs chairman Rep. Jeff Miller recently wrote a letter demanding VA secretary Eric Shinseki take steps to address software glitches like the kind that plagued the department’s eBenefits portal, which in January exposed the “medical and financial information” of more than 5,000 veterans to anyone able to log on to the portal.

This breach came as no surprise to VA.

“It is practically unavoidable that a data breach to financial, medical, and personal

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: va; vadata; vadatabreach
full title.....Obama administration knew that veterans’ personal info was at risk, security programs violated federal law
1 posted on 02/23/2014 8:43:41 AM PST by ColdOne
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2 posted on 02/23/2014 8:47:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave ( Obozo Care is a Trinity of Lies! Obozo Care is probably a serious Black Swan event.)
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To: ColdOne

More Marxist mischief!


3 posted on 02/23/2014 8:49:57 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: ColdOne

Let’s recite the Veterans Administration motto. All together now!

“Delay, Deny And Hope They Die!”


4 posted on 02/23/2014 9:06:03 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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5 posted on 02/23/2014 9:15:53 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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6 posted on 02/23/2014 9:21:09 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
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