Regarding the OPM incident. I received a letter stating that my information had been accessed. I have never worked for the federal government, nor have I ever applied for a job with the federal government. I contacted the OPM to find out why they would have my information. After several weeks, I received a letter stating that they could not locate anything pertaining to me. Next, I asked my US representative to look into the matter. The US representative's office received the same reply that I did. So, did they have my information or not???
Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Thursday, February 15th, 2024 at 11:32 AM, Steve Thompson <ste...@wkyr.net> wrote: > Reading the articles, I find a similar thing that is done: Paying > for a year of ID theft insurance or some such. > > Here is the situation for those of us that were part of the OPM > cracking from 2015: > > Random attempts to open bank accounts by bad actors in our name > (which ever one of us it happens/ed to be) > > Random attempts to open credit accounts by bad actors in our name > (which ever one it happens to). > > So OPM did the one year thing to find out that it would have to > become permanent. So I get regular notices of attempts to open an > account. One person I personally know who was in law enforcement > and worked with Secret Service and Home land security is > constantly having problems like this. > > My point is, once this has happened, you never know when you are > going to get hit and from what direction. And so these guys think > that 1 year of such "protection" is going to help. > > And for those of you who own property, you might want to make > sure that you get notified if there is any activity, such as a > lien for some credit thing, or even a quit claim deed being > filed. You might have your property sold out from under you. > > Just say'n'. > > BTW -- that OPM crack included data on people that were not > getting clearances, but had to be talked with about the person > applying for the clearance(s). So this even included foreign > nationals that one is related to!! > > So depending on the entity that is cracked, the information gets > into the dark web and it may include people that didn't even know > they had anything to do with the entity that got cracked. > > Security on mainframes (and others) sometimes has a greater reach > when cracked than we realize. > > Steve Thompson > > On 2/15/2024 10:54 AM, P H wrote: > > > Passwords and hackers. Is there anything safe? > > > > https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/02/15/southern-water-admits-data-breach-may-impact-nearly-half-million-customers?utm_source=related-content-bullet-list > > > > https://eandt.theiet.org/2024/02/15/state-sponsored-hackers-using-ai-cyber-attacks-microsoft-warns?utm_campaign=E%2BT > > News - Template Redesign 15 Feb (Split test)&utm_content=E%26T News - > > Members&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra&utm_term=865089 > > > > Sent from Outlook for Androidhttps://aka.ms/AAb9ysg > > ________________________________ > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU on behalf of > > Jack Zukt 0000059cd493dd41-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu > > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2024 3:25:18 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Insecure security - was SDSF PS Command column > > > > Hi Bill, > > I can relate to your suspicions about password managers. Not to long ago > > Lastpass found out that they have been hacked, which must have been a big > > problem for its end users (which, fortunately I am not). On the other hand, > > I have way too many passwords to be manageable without a password manager. > > So, I use not one, but two. With different master passwords. And using a > > password manager will not prevent you from sharing passwords with trusted > > friends. I usually tell my colleagues that use excel or notepad to keep > > their passwords to try and use keepass. It is as easy to use as those > > methods but far for secure. > > Regards > > Jack > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
