Gov't Security at its Worst: Personal Info of 26.5 Million US Veterans Stolen

[maryrussel]

Tim McClain, the VA's general counsel, told the committee that the Social Security authorization is standard for an employee doing data analysis work, and that the laptop authorization was for a computer different from the one that was stolen.

Sounds like everyone involved is trying to cover their a$$es.

[xppman]

I was notified by the VA via a letter that my info was / or maybe one on the list too.  :

[stardust]

Glad the computer was found.  Hope they are right and the data was not accessed. 

[Anita]

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I was notified by the VA via a letter that my info was / or maybe one on the list too.  :
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Hubby received notice also.  THAT must have cost a pretty penny to send out notices to all.

I ran a credit check.  Nothing unusual showed up.  I do this a few times a year.

We are all at risk, to some extent, of having our info stolen or used. 

I found my mortgage info online, without signing into my account or anything like that.  Anyone can see my actual signature, my ssn, and any other info.

[xppman]

I wish someone would steal my identify. They can have all the bills that come with my identify too.

Just kidding. ID theft is a terrible thing to happen to anyone.