A major federal union says the cyber theft of employee information is more damaging than it first appeared, asserting that hackers stole personnel data and Social Security numbers for every federal employee.Bad, indeed. But one thing goes without mention -- 4 million records? How many damned people are in the employ of the federal government? How many federal employees do we need?
The Obama administration had acknowledged that up to 4 million current and former employees are affected by the December cyber breach of Office of Personnel Management data, but it had been vague about exactly what was taken.
But J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said in a letter Thursday to OPM director Katherine Archuleta that based on incomplete information OPM provided to the union, "we believe that the Central Personnel Data File was the targeted database, and that the hackers are now in possession of all personnel data for every federal employee, every federal retiree, and up to 1 million former federal employees."
Friday, June 12, 2015
Just askin'
It's not a good thing when Chinese hackers steal all your personal data, as the Associated Press reports:
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Hey, maybe they can let us know whether Obama's SSN is legit or not! :^)
Seriously, my medical account was hacked last year, and I'm "looking forward" to the task of making sure my kids' credit records and mine are clean. Thanks, y'all.
i wonder how many of those are military?
Actually, not as many as you might think, Gino. For 2014, there were 1.459 million people in the military and 2.663 million civilian government workers. source.
I wonder how far we have cracked into chinas data systems. It has to be happening.
I have a friend of mine who is a former Marine - he hasn't served in a decade - and he got a letter saying his was among the data compromised. Just food for thought...
Latest reports: 14 million records have been taken. Pretty much everybody who worked for the government since Carter was President.
I'm so glad we were collecting everybody's email and frisking grandmothers at airports instead of looking for stuff like this.
Lots of retirees (like my dad). Lots of contractors too (like half the people I work with.)
Probably my father-in-law, too. This is a huge issue.
What should trouble us more. The fact that the govt has so much private info on so many? Or that somebody stole it?
What should trouble us more. The fact that the govt has so much private info on so many? Or that somebody stole it?
I think we can be equally troubled, Gino.
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