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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAAccidentalHealthcareGovernmentHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Identity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Veterans Health Administration

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 5, 2024

To disclose

—

Affected

2,380

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Veterans Health Administration →6 incidents on file

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reported to HHS on 2024-01-05 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,380 individuals. A business associate mailed appointment reminder letters containing PHI (names, addresses, and appointment information) to wrong recipients. Breached information located on Paper/Films. VHA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. CE and BA implemented additional administrative safeguards in response.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified
⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline — partial

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Jan 5, 2024

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,380 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.