US National Archives and Records Administration
Disclosed Oct 2, 200916 years ago76,000,000 affectedUnverified
Failed hard drive with 76 million veterans' records returned to vendor
NARA sent a failed hard drive from the eVetRecs system, used by veterans to request health and discharge records, back to a contractor for repair and recycling without destroying the data, putting records of up to 76 million veterans at risk.
What is known
| People affected | 76,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 2, 2009 |
| Attack | Vendor breach |
| Data exposed | Names, Social Security numbers, Health, Other |
| Sector | Government · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived February 2010)web.archive.org · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Oct 2, 2009 | 76,000,000 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.
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