OPM Hack

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency, Education, Informatics.

If your a VA employee and got notice of being one of the people who's info got hacked, take advantage of everything they are offering.

They got enough information from mine to be able to convince the bank that they were me and emptied out my accounts.

Bank is taking care of it, but it's still stressful. Even if it's inconvenient, use all levels of security they offer.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Oh geez, Craig! So sorry. :(

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Happened to me, too. They even got our biometric information. I recommend calling the 3 credit bureaus and putting freezes on your credit. It blocks anyone from applying for any credit line. If you yourself want to apply for credit or allow anyone to see your credit report you can pay $5 for a temporary lift on the freeze. It's crazy the level of information that was stolen. Given the disorganization I see at other federal levels, I'm not surprised it happened.

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Specializes in Critical Care, Emergency, Education, Informatics.

I had already done that fortunately. Just finished the affidavits to the IRS and FTC. Did police report this morning. It's frustrating now that I have the money credited to my account but have no access to cash. I at least have resources. I can't imagine what someone who doesn't have them would be going through right now.

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