As reported here, Vets tied to data theft are to get free credit monitoring.
"The Department of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday that it would provide a year of free credit monitoring for people whose personal information might have been compromised in the recent theft of department computer data." Well, that's a half-step in the right direction I guess.
"Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said his department would solicit bids from monitoring companies and send letters by mid-August to those who might have been affected by the data loss, which occurred May 3 when the home of a data analyst at the agency was burglarized." After the VA employee took the laptop computer home without authorization - just a reminder, folks.
"Nicholson said the credit monitoring was part of his agency's effort to atone for the "terrible, unfortunate, regrettable" data loss that appears certain to cost taxpayers well over $20 million. "Free credit monitoring will help safeguard those who may be affected and will provide them with the peace of mind they deserve," he said."
Some other ways that you could 'atone' for the "terrible, unfortunate, regrettable" data loss, Mr. Nicholson, would be to fire the idiot who is responsible for this for taking the laptop home in the first place, and his immediate supervisor not ensuring that all of his subordinates were made aware of the fact that it is against Agency rules to take work home with them, and finally, catch the burglar or burglars who stole the laptop, and recover it. That would go a long way to providing us with some "peace of mind".
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