Posted on 09/23/2015 11:56:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday that 5.6 million people are now estimated to have had their fingerprint information stolen.
That number was originally thought to be about 1.1 million, OPM said in a statement. About 21.5 million individuals had their Social Security Numbers and other sensitive information affected by the hack.
According to OPM, "federal experts believe that, as of now, the ability to misuse fingerprint data is limited." The office acknowledged, however, that future technologies could take advantage of this information.
An interagency working group—to include FBI, Department of Homeland Security and Defense Department representatives—plans to review the implications of the stolen fingerprint data, according to OPM....
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Last I heard OPM was planning to notify the military as to the victims there, but no action to the civilian agencies at this point.
DOD is supposed to start notifying its folks by the end of the month. (see question and answer 11 here: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/OPMBreachDON/Pages/faqs.aspx#11)
Good! Welcome to the party pals!
at least our medical records will be 100% completely safe /s
“The office acknowledged, however, that future technologies could take advantage of this information.”
Yeah? Like a 3D printer and some latex? You could make whole gloves with that stuff!
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