Information Theft

In the past month, I have received notice from no fewer than four entities,
including Medicare, that hackers have stolen some of my medical information
from one of their vendors. In the case of Medicare, I was informed that ALL of
my medical records along with ALL of my personal information had been stolen.
All four entities offered free credit monitoring for a two-year period so now I
have free credit monitoring and one million dollars of identity theft insurance
from three different credit monitoring companies (two entities used the same
company). Somehow, none of that makes me feel better. It seems as though
these companies have spread my personal information all over the place without
adequate consideration as to the possible consequences. This is bullshit.
Is anyone else dealing with this? I've dealt with identity theft one time in the
past and it was a nightmare that still affects me. It pisses me off that they demand
all of this information and then take so little care safeguarding it.
I don't see any way to protect myself from this kind of thing so I guess I'm just
blowing off some steam. Thoughts?

 

Nah.

The institutions that rule us are responsible stewards of the most intimate of our information…

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/n...ve-compromised-student-info-far-back-as-1989/

 

Freeze your info at all 3 credit bureaus. It's doable online.

 

I've received the medicare provider notice as well.
I froze my credit records a few years back when someone got a number of cards in my name and went crazy.
Freeze your credit on all three bureaus. You can do it online and there is no cost. You can unlock the records for a specific company to check when you actually apply for credit - again all on-line.
There's no reason for anyone to leave their credit records generally unlocked. Its like leaving your bank account numbers on the bathroom wall.

 

All my shit is floating around the dark web from a breach years ago. Did the freeze and haven't had any problems since

 

Thank you, done.

 

I got a check for 15$ from a class action lawsuit over data mishandling, so you got that to look forward to , possibly

 

Got a check several years ago for some class action suit…don’t remember what. I do remember it was for $3.14. I never cashed it…I had a check for pie.

 

π pi

but it's Mongo's house so pie is appropriate here

 

I know. But pi would fall flat here, an not help one iota to derail this thread the way pie would.

 

The MoveIt breach earlier this year contributed to a LOT of organizations sending out those disclosures.

 

IYC, I just assumed that some complete douchebag hacked your WERA credentials years ago and has been posing here ever since

 

Some of us are still bitter ( and will probably remain that way ) while the GOV tries to forget the OPM debacle.

 

I guess I will be that guy?

Whats OPM?
Other people money
Office of Personnel Management is what google brought me.

 

Service members and DOD personnel info was compromised in a breach of OPM information systems.
google is your friend.

 

My data is out there thanks to the Experian breach (never agreed to let them have my social and all that), Yahoo breach, Blue Cross breach, Paypal breach, Netflix breach... Fuck, I've lost track of them all. At this point, I just assume there are a few other copies of me out there, leading more fabulous lives.

 

same same.

I've been breached twice as a Fed that they've admitted to. Wife got breached through her employer. we have all kinds of free credit protection, and all they ever notify me of is when sex offenders move around my town, and usually the info is months old.

 

I did google it as I mentioned in my response, but since I have no idea what you are talking about, I had no frame of reference.

That's why I hate acronyms. People that use them have to assume the recipient is as knowledgeable about the subject as they are, or they just waste everyone's time.

 

Like all those sheep that cared so much about the management of federal interior lands a few years ago?

 

Dude, this is the BBS for WERA. FYI, get used to it ASAP. As an Army brat, I know they will be in my vocabulary until I'm TU.

Don't you recall seeing this in the Images thread? Do you not talk to kids?