The report details cybersecurity threats blocked or contained, as well as reported events.
Blocked or contained incidents
• Intrusion attempts: 178,901,774
• Malware: 621,526,267
• Suspicious/malicious emails: 85,614,081
• Infected medical devices: 0
• Outgoing unencrypted emails: 61 associated privacy/security events; 12,939 total emails blocked
No veterans were affected by the blocked or contained incidents.
Reported events
• Lost or stolen devices: 47
• Lost personal identification verification cards: 156
• Mishandled incidents: 64
• Mismailed incidents: 114 paper mismailings; one pharmacy item mismailing out of 6,145,859 total mailings
The reported events affected 693 veterans.
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