{"id":28400,"date":"2012-01-20T18:57:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=28400"},"modified":"2012-01-20T18:57:10","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T22:57:10","slug":"dva-releases-your-pii-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=28400","title":{"rendered":"DVA releases your PII…again"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Stars & Stripes<\/a>, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs released the Personal Identifiable Information (PII)<\/a> to the folks at Ancestry.com who promptly posted it to the internet; <\/p>\n

VA officials supplied the information to Ancestry.com in March 2011 as part of a Freedom of Information Act request by the genealogy site. The records were supposed to only contain information on deceased veterans, but also included more than 2,200 living veterans due to a department error.<\/p>\n

Department officials found out about the error just last month.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yet, here we are, this month, just finding out that the information was released 10 months ago. So how do they know that the PII hasn’t been used by criminals? Of course, the article is written like it’s Ancestry.com’s fault, but clearly the VA is playing fast and loose with our PII. There’s absolutely no reason that Ancestry.com would need that type of information, yet there it is posted on the internet.<\/p>\n

Every fucking time I turn around, I’m getting classes on how to handle PII and how to avoid that information getting into the wrong hands. So wtf is happening at the VA? <\/p>\n

Officials said they are still investigating why the information was mistakenly included in the records released to Ancestry.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Um, because they’re all incompetent boobs and they don’t care? And the rot starts at the top.<\/p>\n

Individuals who believe they may have been affected by this incident have been encouraged to contact the VA. Those whose information was exposed will be eligible for a free credit report for one year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, thanks. Actually, the first time (how many times have there been?) the VA lost my PII, I subscribed to LifeLock and just pay it myself every year because by the time the VA tells us about the breaches, it’s probably too late. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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