Phishing e-mail delays OPM hack remediation efforts

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Sigh.

By lance on June 22, 2015 3:15 PM | 2 Comments

So, just to reiterate:

1. The OPM hack gives everything, including contact info.
2. To help protect employees the Feds source a private credit protection company.
3. They send the connection info out via the same medium that was vulnerable in the first place.
4. Are surprised that...they've created another vulnerability.
5. They go back to #1.

I'm just so glad that Justin Trudeau is so hyped about giving Canadians a voice that he's all in favour of online voting.


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The Office of Personnel Management briefly delayed offering credit monitoring and identity protection to employees whose records have been stolen after they discovered an almost identical phishing letter making the rounds.


After the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) break-in, which lead to millions of federal employees personnel records being stolen, the OPM informed employees of a credit and identity protection plan for them. These notices were quickly duplicated by a hacker and used to sent phishing e-mails.


​Phishing e-mail delays OPM hack remediation efforts | ZDNet

 

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Good grief!

The government really has to stop doing things. They're bad at it.

They should sit over there, in the corner by the potted plant.

Don't touch the plant, just sit there and don't move.