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Post by bartleby on Jun 23, 2015 7:09:44 GMT -5
Just so you all won't feel left out:
“Hackers may have pilfered the personal data of as many as 18 million individuals from Office of Personnel Management records—four times as many as OPM originally estimated, according to a CNN report late Monday.
Those caught up in the massive attack include current, former and prospective federal employees, CNN said: “Those affected could include people who applied for government jobs, but never actually ended up working for the government.”
According to CNN, the new estimate was provided by FBI Director James Comey during closed-door briefings to Senators.
OPM began mailing letters to some 4.2 million current and former federal employees last week alerting them that their personal information may have been compromised and offering credit-monitoring services.
Employees and union representatives have complained that federal officials have been too slow to provide vital information to those affected, and some lawmakers have called for OPM Director Katherine Archuleta to be fired.”
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Post by ba on Jun 23, 2015 12:47:17 GMT -5
Just so you all won't feel left out: “Hackers may have pilfered the personal data of as many as 18 million individuals from Office of Personnel Management records—four times as many as OPM originally estimated, according to a CNN report late Monday. Those caught up in the massive attack include current, former and prospective federal employees, CNN said: “Those affected could include people who applied for government jobs, but never actually ended up working for the government.” According to CNN, the new estimate was provided by FBI Director James Comey during closed-door briefings to Senators. OPM began mailing letters to some 4.2 million current and former federal employees last week alerting them that their personal information may have been compromised and offering credit-monitoring services. Employees and union representatives have complained that federal officials have been too slow to provide vital information to those affected, and some lawmakers have called for OPM Director Katherine Archuleta to be fired.” Awesome. :/ |
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Post by factfinder on Jun 23, 2015 20:40:32 GMT -5
Well I know I got the e-mail from OPM. From what everyone says it is a real chore to sign up for the protection. Makes me feel so glad some criminal has all my info and they are going to "protect" me for 18 months. I have a feeling this might qualify as negligence under the FTCA unless there is some exemption I have forgotten about.
Firing the OPM chief is not gonna stop this kind of madness. Taking this stuff off of the internet will. But, the problem here is the disaster is occurred and it is hard to get the toothpaste back into the tube.
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Post by maquereau on Jun 24, 2015 7:14:04 GMT -5
Well, here at SSA, seems like we have to take some kind of Bushido oath every other month to commit seppuku if we dare let PII out of the building. I'm guessing they have a more relaxed attitude about this stuff over at OPM.
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Post by funkyodar on Jun 24, 2015 7:20:23 GMT -5
Well, here at SSA, seems like we have to take some kind of Bushido oath every other month to commit seppuku if we dare let PII out of the building. I'm guessing they have a more relaxed attitude about this stuff over at OPM. That right there.....funny. And sadly true. I dunno why everyone is so worried. I mean, sure our personal info is in the hands of the Chinese. But your government is all over it. They are gonna protect us. All we have to do is put, into a website, all our accounts, credit cards and other personal info that the Chinese reportedly didnt get. Then, that stuff will be safely protected in a cyberspace fort. No way they can hack into that...... |
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Post by christina on Jun 24, 2015 7:50:39 GMT -5
maqueerau, how true... :/ and funky, yeah, how true on your point too
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Post by bartleby on Jun 24, 2015 8:21:14 GMT -5
Factfinder said, "From what everyone says it is a real chore to sign up for the protection." That is true. My wife has this crazy idea that "they", whoever "they" may be, are collecting all of our private info with these things. Case in point. When signing up for this, there is a security question. It give you five choices. Some of the choices are, "What was the name of your first pet?" "What was the name of your best childhood friend?" "What was the name of your fifth grade teacher?" "What was your first stuffed animal?" Excuse me, I am 68 years old and don't have a clue about any of those. Further, it is none of their business. For every account I open anywhere, they want very personal information and it is hardly ever the same. It used to be I could use my Mother's maiden name, but now, they all want different, very minute parts of my past life. My wife thinks they are collecting all of this crap for God only knows what.. Oh, maybe to share with the Chinese??
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Post by christina on Jun 24, 2015 9:07:26 GMT -5
bart, you raise a good point. are any of you signing up for this plan and if not, why not? is anyone singing up for private identity protection plans? if my questions are more appropriately handled by private messages, anyone on this board, please pm me to discuss further, thanks.
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Post by gary on Jun 24, 2015 9:12:28 GMT -5
Well, here at SSA, seems like we have to take some kind of Bushido oath every other month to commit seppuku if we dare let PII out of the building. I'm guessing they have a more relaxed attitude about this stuff over at OPM. That right there.....funny. And sadly true. I dunno why everyone is so worried. I mean, sure our personal info is in the hands of the Chinese. But your government is all over it. They are gonna protect us. All we have to do is put, into a website, all our accounts, credit cards and other personal info that the Chinese reportedly didnt get. Then, that stuff will be safely protected in a cyberspace fort. No way they can hack into that...... I'm no more concerned about the Chinese than I am about the poor Nigerian princess's barrister to whom I already sent all this information. |
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Post by christina on Jun 24, 2015 12:52:31 GMT -5
gary, i love it!!!! i bet the princess is totally gorgeous too
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Post by Propmaster on Jun 24, 2015 13:11:41 GMT -5
Factfinder said, "From what everyone says it is a real chore to sign up for the protection." That is true. My wife has this crazy idea that "they", whoever "they" may be, are collecting all of our private info with these things. Case in point. When signing up for this, there is a security question. It give you five choices. Some of the choices are, "What was the name of your first pet?" "What was the name of your best childhood friend?" "What was the name of your fifth grade teacher?" "What was your first stuffed animal?" Excuse me, I am 68 years old and don't have a clue about any of those. Further, it is none of their business. For every account I open anywhere, they want very personal information and it is hardly ever the same. It used to be I could use my Mother's maiden name, but now, they all want different, very minute parts of my past life. My wife thinks they are collecting all of this crap for God only knows what.. Oh, maybe to share with the Chinese?? I met someone with the clever idea (deending on your view of the security measures) to put the same word down for all of his security questions, no matter what they asked. It would be almost impossible to guess someone had done that, presumably, and he never had to remember if he wrote West Side High School with or without spaces or abbreviations, etc. I don't know how one would go about cleaning up the pre-existing ones, but it was a fascinating plan. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2015 13:21:40 GMT -5
No Chinese cities on my GAL, so I can't imagine why they'd be interested in my info. ;-)
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Post by gary on Jun 24, 2015 13:32:47 GMT -5
gary, i love it!!!! i bet the princess is totally gorgeous too I don't know about that, but she needs my help getting her fortune out of Nigeria. |
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Post by christina on Jun 24, 2015 14:03:21 GMT -5
of course she does.....
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Post by cheesy on Jun 25, 2015 21:28:39 GMT -5
Factfinder said, "From what everyone says it is a real chore to sign up for the protection." That is true. My wife has this crazy idea that "they", whoever "they" may be, are collecting all of our private info with these things. Case in point. When signing up for this, there is a security question. It give you five choices. Some of the choices are, "What was the name of your first pet?" "What was the name of your best childhood friend?" "What was the name of your fifth grade teacher?" "What was your first stuffed animal?" Excuse me, I am 68 years old and don't have a clue about any of those. Further, it is none of their business. For every account I open anywhere, they want very personal information and it is hardly ever the same. It used to be I could use my Mother's maiden name, but now, they all want different, very minute parts of my past life. My wife thinks they are collecting all of this crap for God only knows what.. Oh, maybe to share with the Chinese?? I met someone with the clever idea (deending on your view of the security measures) to put the same word down for all of his security questions, no matter what they asked. It would be almost impossible to guess someone had done that, presumably, and he never had to remember if he wrote West Side High School with or without spaces or abbreviations, etc. I don't know how one would go about cleaning up the pre-existing ones, but it was a fascinating plan. That's what I do. No requirement for truthfulness in security questions, folks. Consider it to be your cyber safe word. Right, Spinach High graduates whose first pets were named Spinach? Oh darn... time for a new safe word. |
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