VA to Congress: Cybersecurity & data breach update

The Department of Veterans Affairs has released its Monthly Report to Congress on Data Incidents for the month of November.

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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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