Posted on Jun 27, 2015
GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
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Details are still murky about the recent theft of federal government data and how it affects those in the military community.

Thousands of military spouses are federal employees, as well as National Guard and reserve members with civilian jobs in the federal government. Some active-duty troops who previously worked as federal civilian employees also may be affected.

But more information has emerged to indicate that hundreds of thousands of troops are potentially affected. The Office of Personnel Management said some of the hacked systems contain information about background investigations.

If this personal information was compromised, thieves might make fraudulent charges on your accounts, or steal your identity for nefarious purposes, such as opening new credit cards, filing fake tax returns and getting mortgages in your name, all without your knowledge. Identity theft is a lifelong problem, said Gary McAlum, chief security officer for USAA.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/benefits/2015/06/27/protect-federal-government-data-theft/29279247/
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PO2 Steven Erickson
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Well, here's my latest backup data set...

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Those are some nice Tablets. Are they apple or android?
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Funny you should ask, LT... They're a brand-new OS and hardware platform.
They're...
... wait for it ...
Carbonatite!

Geez, I crack myself up...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonatite
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Nothing. There isn't anything you really can do besides freeze your credit. They could be using it for any of the plentiful reasons that you can't control. They could be setting up back accounts overseas. The next thing you know the FBI raid you house for you funneling money to ISIS due to a fake account in another country. All you can do is watch you credit report and hope that you don't stand out at the one they pick to use your identity.
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IRS: Taxpayer breach larger than first reported ...

The IRS acknowledged Monday that a recent computer breach was larger than first reported, saying that hundreds of thousands of additional taxpayers saw their sensitive information compromised.

The tax agency said that thieves might have swiped information on another 220,000 taxpayers as part of a scheme first revealed in May. Another 170,000 attempts to steal taxpayer information were unsuccessful.

In all, the new information means that the breach was at least more than twice as big as originally reported.

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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/251292-irs-taxpayer-breach-larger-than-first-reported
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