From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2009 - 21:15:28 CST

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/27/va.data.theft/

The Department of Veterans Affairs has agreed to pay $20 million to
current and former military personnel to settle a class action lawsuit on
behalf of the men and women whose personal data was on a laptop computer
stolen during a burglary.

The names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of about 26.5
million active duty troops and veterans were on the laptop and external
drive, which disappeared while in the custody of a Veterans Affairs data
analyst in 2006.

The theft led to an urgent search by federal authorities that ended with
recovery of the laptop and a conclusion that the missing data had not been
improperly used.

"The defendants [VA] have agreed to pay a lump sum of $20 million to the
plaintiffs inclusive of fees and costs in exchange for the dismissal of
this litigation," according to the settlement document.

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