From Nextgov.com: VA loses and recovers unencrypted thumb drive

A Veterans Affairs Department claims examiner used a personal unencrypted thumb drive to store records on veterans that included Social Security numbers and then lost the drive. In another instance, a VA employee printed out records containing personal information on veterans and took them home. The two incidents, described by VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker Wednesday in a monthly briefing on data breaches reported to Congress, indicate department employees still do not follow policies and procedures to safeguard information.

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