Will the Feds contact you if your personal info was compromised in Fed security hack?

[Anonymous]

For instance if you've worked as a contractor who had clearances / submitted fingerprints electronically.

[Anonymous]

I'm a former fed wondering the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Are you worried about credit/ID theft risk (1) or sensitive work-related details (2)?

If it's (1), just contact any of the 3 credit report companies and request a fraud alert (good for 6 months) and renew it every 6 months. If it's (2), too late - They already know everything.

[Anonymous]

So ... no? When credit card or health insurance information gets hacked, they inform their customers. We have no reasonable expectation of our government to do the same thing for people who work/worked in service of the American people? No information on what, if any, steps people should take? How does this affect a person's continued or future ability to work for the government if the identity is used fraudulently by another?

[Anonymous]

12:48 here. Of course I have no confidence in the Government. I received the notice but they treat it as a standard routine banking phish - totally unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

I don't think so. Alas.

[Anonymous]

We just assume everyone has our information and deal with it when it becomes problem. They sent out emails to the contractors notifying them but that was about tit.

[Anonymous]

I believe they will be contacting everyone whose information was potentially compromised. I think it's taking awhile because it's so many people.

[Anonymous]

The contract for the company that will do the notifications and provide credit monitoring was just awarded. Notifications are set to begin in late September.

http://federalnewsradio.com/cybersecurity/2015/09/opm-announces-contract-for-id-theft-and-credit-monitoring-protection/

[Anonymous]

It's unbelievable that it has taken so long. I'm a former fed and they sure needed me to fill out my background check forms with all of that information and submit my fingerprints in a timely manner. Now when it's their turn, they take their sweet time notifying me (I had a clearance + 2 renewals, so it's a lot that could have been stolen).