U.S. has yet to notify 21.5 million data breach victims: officials

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Technology | Tue Jul 14, 2015 7:00pm EDT

U.S. has yet to notify 21.5 million data breach victims: officials

WASHINGTON | BY MARK HOSENBALL

Two months after discovering that sensitive personal information on 21.5 million Americans was compromised in a hack of government databanks, none of those affected has been officially notified, government officials said on Tuesday.

The officials from multiple agencies, who are familiar with an investigation into the breach, said the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversaw the data, is working with other agencies to set up a system to inform the victims.

One official at OPM, who declined to be identified, said that because of the complicated nature of the data and the fact that government employees and contractors often move among different agencies, it would be weeks before a mechanism was in place.

The official said the government was trying to establish a centralized system rather than leave the notification to separate agencies. OPM is expected to hire an outside contractor but has not yet sought bids for the work.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/14/us-cybersecurity-usa-notification-idUSKCN0PO2SE20150714

[TwilightGardener]

1. Massive fucking fail. Just massive. I'm waiting for our notification.

They fired OPM incompetent political-hack lady, but otherwise are still trying to pull their heads out of their asses on what else to do. If this happened under GWB, people would be screeching. This is the second time the US government "lost" our personal info to theft/hacking, BTW.

[Le Taz Hot]

2. I was notified twice by e-mail and

twice by snail mail. They're giving me a year-and-a-half free credit monitoring service, after that I have to pay for it. It should be LIFETIME free credit monitoring service.