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RE: http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,147201,00.html
This is getting to be ridicules! Every other month we hear about another batch of service/Veteran info being stolen. As Willie and Keith sang, "We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds Too much corruption and crime in the streets It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground Send em all to their maker and he'll settle em down You can bet he'll settle 'em down" Many branches but one brotherhood! This message has been edited. Last edited by: MTCRetired, |
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i wonder what people are using this data for??? wonder if they are using it to impersonate veterans???
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Here we go again...
"There are those who believe there are two types of people in the world: Those who believe there are two types of people; and those who don't." John Mahoney... |
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For once it isn't the government that did the losing. 35,000 records is chump change though. Monster.Com, the host to Military.Com, lost 1,000,000 plus records. I wonder how many veterans had resumes on file with Monster.Com? Reportedly the stolen information is being actively used against people.
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Lets search beyond the possible horizon, who knows if this despicable attitude could be link to a terror plot
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It was a break in this time but were the disk and file left out and not locked up? Could there be an insider helping ?
Not a whole lot of information in the article. |
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This breakin is actally worse then the loss of the VA records in that a veterans group was targeted, not just a random theft. I wonder if this is all POWs who belonged to the Organazation, if so, these are all or mostly old people, who most likely do not have the computer skills to keep on top of this stuff, trying to do it by phone or letter could put them in deep trouble.
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if these records were stolen on the 12th or 13th of august why are we jus hearing about it today 27 of august?
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Quite possible. One might even venture to say, plausible. Many branches but one brotherhood! |
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If was a bad guy and wanted to really create havoc, I would do something like this. I guess we'll be going to national ID cards now.
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-------------------------------------- Others have noticed that posting on Mil.Com results in landslides of "Phishing" type E-Mails- mine come from various banking and credit unions asking for me or my wife BY NAME to bring our information up to date. I am told just hitting a link on one of these sites or sometimes just passing the arrow from the mouse over the letter lets the intruder in. Yesterday My security caught another viruse- This happens only when poating on Mil.com. I have no credit or credit cards so if someone wants to nail me they will have to pay all my bills first. But it is directly related to Mil.com. Not posting for a couple of months stops it. And of course a kajillion I won a million or millions of dolars botices from Africa or England. So be warned-IF YOU HAVE GOOD CREDIT OR ANY CREDIT STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE. AND PASS IT ON. |
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--------------------------- Because them that stole are the ones that notify. Who else could steal? |
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Well here we go again something eles for us to worry about. How many more times is this going to have to happen til we learn nothing is safe not even our personal info if it's out in cyber space it can be accessed or rip off by some low life.
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"Personal Data for 35,000 Vets Stolen'
This seems to be the norm as of late. |
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This is starting to get annoying. There should be fines that can be imposed on companies that cabt safe gaurd personal information. or exceute those that use the information illegaly. Anyways for those that would like to safegaurd their infor take a look at this website. I could help prevent ID Theft. www.lifelock.com |
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This is either the 5th or 6th one in the past year. R.James "The Cronnie"Nicholson and his security of all securities isn't looking to good. This is ridicules that the VA cannot secure its own information. What will it take? Twenty Vietnam Veterans with hunting rifles at the VA facilities to guard the places at night. It sounds like it to me. At least we would most likely get the theif. There may be little left of him or her but the idiot would be gotten and taken care of once and for all. Nicholson cannot secure any data and giving it to the VA is becoming risky under his leadership. He is a cronnie and should never have been given a job that requires a man.
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Identity theft is big business Outlaw. |
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It reminds me of LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS but these are peoples lifes entrusted to our Federal misfortunes. Perfect example of what they think of you and I. They just don't CARE. |
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I am not going to be one of the people that blame the VA for everything. I UNDERSTAND that for each time we ask for or access our file it may be sent to another dep't of the VA and not get returned. So I have my file copy-we are all entitled to- in the original envelope and suggest everbody else do the same. The VA isa very large org with many people and mistakes get made, after 6-8 yr's in service we should all be able to relate to that! But I've also had identity theft and as I said no credit. They caught the guy coming back into the US from Canada with 13 other drivers licenses- 3 were nine with 3 diff. addresses. So when he gets out of the joint where are the other hundreds of identities he has stolen? I expect to be arrested for a crime on the west coast anytime and I live on the east coast. Maybe if he has a big swindle planned he'll pay my bills first. I will kill him if I ever see him again.
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I meant (three were MINE, not nine.
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