The Department of Veterans Affairs getting hacked is nothing new. I remember when this happened years ago.
Since 2010, hackers from other nations, including China and perhaps Russia, have repeatedly breached Department of Veterans Affairs computers containing unencrypted data on some 20 million veterans, the chairman of a House panel said at a June 4 hearing.
https://www.databreachtoday.asia/va-systems-hacked-from-abroad-a-5814