As a result of the recent theft of personal data on 26.5 million veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is now facing two class-action lawsuits.
The Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) and four other veterans groups have filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $1,000 in damages for each veteran who can show that he or she has been harmed by the data theft. The National Gulf War Resource Center, Radiated Veterans of America, Citizen Soldier, and Veterans for Peace have joined VVA in this lawsuit.
Additionally, two other servicemen filed a class-action lawsuit U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. That suit also seeks $1,000 in damages for any veteran damaged by the data theft.
The VVA suit is asking the court to prevent the VA from altering any of its data storage systems until a court-appointed panel of experts determines how to prevent future security breaches.
