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> When will this stop? When's the last straw? When the top folks in the US government are personally affected. Until then, "congressional hearings" and preside

> When will this stop? When's the last straw? When the top folks in the US government are personally affected. Until then, "congressional hearings" and presidential ambivalence is the most action we'll get out of them. Most people don't really understand what the significance of these events are.

axaxs 8y ago
I hate the fact that I feel so small and insignificant because of the futility of speaking to a representative. I did try to contact Rand Paul last year. He never bothered to reply, but did add me to his mailing list. Great.
- tejtm 8y ago
  On the bright side, we do not know that he has leaked it yet :)
JumpCrisscross 8y ago
> When the top folks in the US government are personally affected The OPM breach covered a lot of powerful senior people.
- astura 8y ago
  Not only that, but the Russian site exposed[dot]su has published personal information, including SSNs, about a lot of powerful people, including Michelle Obama, Robert Mueller, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/who-built-the-id-theft-service-ssndob-ru/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/who-built-the-id-theft-s...
- wu-ikkyu 8y ago
  Indeed, however, the impact of such breaches has yet to be made explicit. It seems only a massive cyber attack would show the public what is possible with such information
joshmn 8y ago
Thoughts and prayers.
AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
Since some percentage of Congressmen and Senators were almost certainly part of the breach, all we need to do is search for them once the data becomes available and post hand-curated lists of Senator McConnell's Shopping Habits. Remember, we only got the Video Privacy Protection Act after someone published Bork's rental history during his supreme court nomination[0]. I had to say that public shaming works, but, public shaming works. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act

axaxs 8y ago

I hate the fact that I feel so small and insignificant because of the futility of speaking to a representative. I did try to contact Rand Paul last year. He never bothered to reply, but did add me to his mailing list. Great.

tejtm 8y ago
On the bright side, we do not know that he has leaked it yet :)

JumpCrisscross 8y ago

> When the top folks in the US government are personally affected The OPM breach covered a lot of powerful senior people.

astura 8y ago
Not only that, but the Russian site exposed[dot]su has published personal information, including SSNs, about a lot of powerful people, including Michelle Obama, Robert Mueller, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/who-built-the-id-theft-service-ssndob-ru/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/who-built-the-id-theft-s...
wu-ikkyu 8y ago
Indeed, however, the impact of such breaches has yet to be made explicit. It seems only a massive cyber attack would show the public what is possible with such information

joshmn 8y ago

Thoughts and prayers.

AdmiralAsshat 8y ago

Since some percentage of Congressmen and Senators were almost certainly part of the breach, all we need to do is search for them once the data becomes available and post hand-curated lists of Senator McConnell's Shopping Habits. Remember, we only got the Video Privacy Protection Act after someone published Bork's rental history during his supreme court nomination[0]. I had to say that public shaming works, but, public shaming works. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act