US Department of Veterans Affairs

Disclosed Nov 16, 2007185,000 affectedUnverified

Former auditor's home computer held 1.8 million VA Social Security numbers

Investigators found a computer at the home of a former VA auditor holding about 1.8 million Social Security numbers from the department. VA said only about 185,000 were at risk because many entries were repeated.

What is known

People affected	185,000 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Nov 16, 2007
Attack	Insider
Data exposed	Social Security numbers
Sector	Government · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newsweb.archive.org

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived December 2008)

Notices filed

TotalNov 16, 2007

Research185,000 people

Other breaches at US Department of Veterans Affairs

Stolen VA laptop holds data on 26.5 million veteransLost or stolen device exposed names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers and addresses.Lost or stolen device27M affectedGovernmentUSUnverifiedMay 22, 2006

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

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First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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