VA Asking for More Money After Data Theft

Hope Yen of the AP continues her tireless reporting of this issue. The Department of Veterans Affairs is asking the President for emergency funds to cover the costs for dealing with this data breach, including credit monitoring. The VA asked the federal judge who barred the VA from publicizing its free credit monitoring offer to revise his order.

[VA Secretary] Nicholson…was asking for at least $160.5 million in emergency funds for credit monitoring and other measures to protect veterans and military troops whose sensitive personal information was stolen from a VA employee's laptop computer. Nicholson acknowledged that much more money may be needed to revamp information security at the VA and other agencies. Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved $160 million in emergency funds to pay for credit monitoring.