'I ain't seen a breach like it since Nam... '
By Karen Said
Published: 7 June 2006 08:30 GMT
The US Department of Veterans Affairs has been hit with a class-action lawsuit following the theft last month of a device containing personal information on about 26.5 million veterans.
Five organisations and several individuals have asked the US District Court for the District of Columbia to force the agency to individually inform everyone affected and to pay $1,000 each to anyone whose privacy has been harmed, Vietnam Veterans of America said on Tuesday.
The suit also seeks to prevent the department from using the data until safeguards have been put in place.
Vietnam Veterans of America said the National Gulf War Resource Center, Radiated Veterans of America, Citizen Soldier and Veterans for Peace are the other groups involved in the legal action.
A message posted on the Veteran Affairs website last month said the breached data covered Social Security numbers and dates of birth for veterans and some of their spouses. On Tuesday, however, the department said information on about 2.2 million active-duty, National Guard and Reserve troops may have also been exposed.
Karen Said writes for CNET News.com
CIO Jury: Come clean on security breaches, organisations urged
Security breach cover-up: Non-disclosure foolish, says expert
Privacy breach companies 'must be named'
UK consumers left in the dark on data breaches
US to force firms to 'fess up on data loss
Working in a team and taking a senior role, you will be responsible for shop floor and resource planning and a key point of knowledge and driving ...
Internal and external partners are multi-national.Facilitate the Change Management process, developing change control documentation in accordance ...
Can produce project plans in Gantt format having been exposed to industry standard project planning tools and methodologies. This will be managed ...
Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.
Data Protection Strategies: Deduplication for More Efficient Backups
Dell PowerVault DL2100 Powered by CommVault - Spec Sheet
True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer-Centric...
Learn how Performance Metrics for Telcomm Expense Management Drive new ROIs and SLAs
Stories from the web...
Copyright © 2008 CBS Interactive Limited. All rights reserved. Top of page
Digg
Slashdot
Del.icio.us
Stumble
Reddit
RSS Feeds
Mark Crichard Doing business with citizen developers: Beware the legal pitfalls Legal Eye: Make sure your business is protected from potential hazards
Tim Ferguson How CIOs can achieve post-recession success Q&A: McKinsey & Company on living in the 'new normal' business world