The Cellar - View Single Post - Massive privacy data breach for Government

glatt · 07-10-2015, 10:28 AM

So 22.1 million Americans had ALL of their private data hacked. That's almost 10% of the country.

Are we at the point now where we should all assume that our data has been hacked? If the US government can't keep the data of its employees safe, should we trust the three credit agencies to be keeping basically the same information for all of us secure? If any one of them was hacked, would we hear about it?

What do we do with this information of the most recent breach? Should I be putting a credit freeze in place so no cards or loans can be made in my name? I have no evidence my data was compromised, but is it reasonable to assume that it either has been or soon will be in this day and age?

If you have put a credit freeze in place for yourself, or a fraud alert, how did that go? Was there a down side for you?

07-10-2015, 10:28 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Massive privacy data breach for Government So 22.1 million Americans had ALL of their private data hacked. That's almost 10% of the country. Are we at the point now where we should all assume that our data has been hacked? If the US government can't keep the data of its employees safe, should we trust the three credit agencies to be keeping basically the same information for all of us secure? If any one of them was hacked, would we hear about it? What do we do with this information of the most recent breach? Should I be putting a credit freeze in place so no cards or loans can be made in my name? I have no evidence my data was compromised, but is it reasonable to assume that it either has been or soon will be in this day and age? If you have put a credit freeze in place for yourself, or a fraud alert, how did that go? Was there a down side for you?