Security News > 2020 > September > Personal Information of 46,000 U.S. Veterans Exposed in Data Breach
The personal information of roughly 46,000 veterans was affected in a recent security incident, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Management said in a Monday statement.
The data breach involved an online application pertaining to the Financial Services Center, which was accessed by "Unauthorized users to divert payments to community health care providers for the medical treatment of Veterans."
The FSC also started alerting the affected veterans of the incident and the potential compromise of personal information.
Veterans who might have had their social security numbers compromised in the incident are being offered access to credit monitoring services, the Department of Veterans Affairs said.
Other veterans were not affected by the data breach.
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