We don't need to worry about cyber warfare and security like the Chinese are investing heavily in. Dump the money into the F-35 project. That'll keep us safe.
When did this story break... yesterday? Yesterday after work I went outside and then out to socialize with real people in the real world. Then I went home and went to bed. Woke up, got ready and went to work. At no point in living my life during that time did I feel like I needed to be fed a bunch of doom and gloom stories from biased sources that prefer to blindly post stuff before fact checking it. So no... I'm not up to date
We don't need to worry about cyber warfare and security like the Chinese are investing heavily in. Dump the money into the F-35 project. That'll keep us safe.
Does this mean if you disclose you've used drugs before, you don't get SC? Or would it still be possible?
Because if it's the former, that's like a question on a job application asking if you've ever been a convicted felon. May as well stop right there and walk out.
for the most part, if you don't lie and don't have anything super duper major wrong with your background, you will get a clearance.
i had a felony on my record (although expunged now) and i just let them know about it, even though it's not on my records.
even though my last drug use was prior to the 10 years that they were asking about, i just brought it up anyways.
being honest doesn't hurt anything for them, it will only help.
April.
in the wrong hands it could be bad. i know this is very extreme, but it could very easily be used in the terrorists hands as leverage to make someone with a clearance do something through threatening a family member since you have to include their addresses and stuff on there.
Yes, that is pretty extreme. More than likely they are going to use it to defraud the loan industry. Think about it, they got everything they need to fill out loan and credit applications for 20 million people. They got our full name, SSN, DOB, Mother's Maiden, phone number, our current and all our previous addresses, lists of friends and family with their phone numbers and addresses...
Personally I think nothing is going to happen for the next year or two, then there is going to be a slew of fraudulent credit and loan applications. It is going to bring the financial industry to it's knees. In three years time you will only be able to apply for a loan of credit card in person in your local bank with two forms of picture ID.
When did this story break... yesterday? Yesterday after work I went outside and then out to socialize with real people in the real world. Then I went home and went to bed. Woke up, got ready and went to work. At no point in living my life during that time did I feel like I needed to be fed a bunch of doom and gloom stories from biased sources that prefer to blindly post stuff before fact checking it. So no... I'm not up to date
April.
It is just that the extent of the breach is continually being updates/expanded.That one? That was so long ago this sounded like a new issue. So they're just now discovering how much shit they got access to? No wonder nobody was talking about it around here... it's not even new
It is just that the extent of the breach is continually being updates/expanded.
Gets worse all the time.
20 million means 6.3% of the US population is affected by this.
Is it really necessary for the security of the country to require clearances for this much of the population?
The first I've heard about it was around the Yesterday/Today time-frame. It must have been minimized initially or there was no expansion on which are of the GOV was affected. Now the story has more details.
Here is a Navy Times story about it from June 18th where they say that they got nearly everything.
EDIT: I had the wrong story in my text.
You have to consider current and past.
Also you need to understand the diff between a BG investigation and Clearance, also applying for a JOB.
Pretty much that's a lot of people. 6.3 sounds about right!!!!
There are probably people who left the GOV in 2001 retired, and are now affected.
Then there is the level of clearance. Example, TS-SCI (Top Secret [Sensitive Compartmental Information]) performs a polygraph. They ask you some pretty god dam personal questions.
It is not just that either. They got the entire Central Personnel Data File, which holds all the personnel information for all current and and previous federal employees. That includes Social Security number, military records and veterans status information, address, birth date, job and pay history, health insurance info, life insurance info, and pension information, age, gender, race, union status. There is a total of 780 pieces of information on each individual in that file.
That one? That was so long ago this sounded like a new issue. So they're just now discovering how much shit they got access to? No wonder nobody was talking about it around here... it's not even new
20 million means 6.3% of the US population is affected by this.
Is it really necessary for the security of the country to require clearances for this much of the population?
Why is all this info kept online? If you're cleared to work as a government worker should you just need an access card?
well if soldiers and anyone employed in defense are required to go through this as well then it makes sense.You have to consider current and past.
Also you need to understand the diff between a BG investigation and Clearance, also applying for a JOB.
Pretty much that's a lot of people. 6.3 sounds about right!!!!
There are probably people who left the GOV in 2001 retired, and are now affected.
In the coming weeks, OPM will notify affected employees by mail. OPM will provide full service identity theft restoration support and victim recovery assistance, identity theft insurance, identity theft monitoring for minor children, continuous credit monitoring and fraud monitoring services beyond credit files.