06/08/2015 – Postal retirees may be among those affected by a breach in the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Retirees Department Director Judy Beard reports. OPM announced June 4 that the records of 4 million current and former federal employees were compromised in a cyber attack the agency discovered in April.
Beginning June 8 and continuing through June 19, OPM will notify current and former employees via email that their records may have been compromised. Retirees whose email addresses are not on file with OPM will be contacted by mail.
Those affected will be offered credit monitoring for a period of 18 months, OPM said. The union encourages retirees to take advantage of the free credit-monitoring service.
For additional information, visit www.opm.gov, or call 844-222-2743.
“The APWU will pursue this intrusion to our members’ personal data to ensure they are fully protected under the law,” Beard said. The union is inquiring about the extent of the cyber attack as it relates to APWU retirees, she added.
“The APWU is committed to protecting the rights of our members, including the right to protect their personal information,” President Mark Dimondstein said.
The APWU and the other postal unions recently won the right to bargain with the Postal Service over a massive USPS data security breach that took place in 2014. The precedent-setting agreement was approved by the National Labor Relations Board.
they said at first retirees werent affected! wtf?!
Is the 18 months on top of the 12 we got from U.S.P.S.
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27813 NORTH 15TH LANE
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Once again, the USPS throws its employees under the bus! This is NOT okay that I have to worry about ID theft for the rest of my life. I think I might need witness protective services…
Management promises to send it via mail. (sarc)
The MOU still doesn’t say what negotiation details will be beyond discussion of prevention. Well, hell, you can talk all fucking day and act like you’re concerned. What the employees deserve including management not involved with the security breach – those who knew about it and did nothing and withheld the information should be fired – is a substantial cash payout. It would show at least some intent to show regret and maybe fix the security situation by upper level idiots, but those types are not about to ever admit wrongdoing. Donahoe and I’m sure Brennan taught them well – that is, blame everybody else and promote the culprits responsible.
I demand independently and so should everybody else in the USPS reading this a settlement of at least $1000, and for the new breach that could adversely affect retirees, $1000 for them, too.
How would we pay for it, you ask? No bonuses for any manager for two years. That would cover the settlement. I don’t think management in a service, not a for profit business, have the right to earn bonuses. In fact, I think it should be illegal. Pony up.
Cool! Is this going to be consecutive or concurrent with the 1-year credit monitoring I’ve already gotten due to the LAST hack of the USPS computers?
Don’t referring parties (in these cases, USPS and OPM) usually get a finder’s fee from Experian et al when they take credit for signing up customers? I’d be interested in who, at the USPS & OPM, get paid off.
Maybe the USPS has discovered a whole new revenue stream, for some executives, at least.