From what I've read, it's anyone with any kind of driver's license or ID from the state. Data stolen could include name, birthdate, social security number.I wonder if kids will be affected by this. We got my 13yo son his ID couple months ago from the omv.
If I had to guess cause they tried to work every way they could to not have egg in there face and inform us that they were hacked by Russia … looked for a scape goat… and who knows the “dmv hack” might be the scape goat for a more serious higher level security hack that they couldn’t tell us about … lol ohhh the rabbit holeMy concern is why did the state take a month to let everyone know there been a breach. The data thieves have had a month to sell or use all of the data. The state owes us an explanation as to why it took them a monht to notify us. Will freezing your credit now do any good or is it too late?
Agreed - the state should have made everyone aware sooner.My concern is why did the state take a month to let everyone know there been a breach. The data thieves have had a month to sell or use all of the data. The state owes us an explanation as to why it took them a monht to notify us. Will freezing your credit now do any good or is it too late?
It's probably not necessary and it won't do anything about your data being stolen from the state's systems.And people think my VPN is not necessary.
Passing that link around.
God help us.
Agreed, it wouldn't help him here. I'm always behind a VPN, but for different reasons.It's probably not necessary and it won't do anything about your data being stolen from the state's systems.
I can not agree more.It's probably not necessary and it won't do anything about your data being stolen from the state's systems.
Lol!My DL says I still have brown hair and until recently said I was 150 pounds! They got some REALLY dated information!!!
My wife and I made the calls and it was quick and painless. Given that it’s so easy to do and being recommended as a necessary measure, what is your rationale for not freezing your credit? I’m assuming you know what you’re talking about and have a good reason for disagreeing with what I’ve heard and read repeatedly and what both of the banking institutions I deal with have told me. Why would we not if it’s so easy to do and so recommended?Agreed - the state should have made everyone aware sooner.
Freezing your credit is probably unnecessary. Credit monitoring is likely sufficient. There are plenty of free and paid services that do this.
Hope to hear back from him on this but I’m pretty sure he wasn’t suggesting a VPN would protect you from someone hacking a separate entity. Anyone that uninformed likely wouldn’t know to use a VPN in the first place.It's probably not necessary and it won't do anything about your data being stolen from the state's systems.
The rationale is that it's likely not necessary as most people won't be targets of criminals trying to open new credit accounts with the stolen data. As you know, you have to call all three agencies individually and then if you want to unfreeze your credit, you have to do the same thing over again. If you don't plan on opening new credit cards, auto loans, or what not in the foreseeable future, it's not a big deal. But it's easy to forget that you've added freezes with the bureaus when opening a new CC.My wife and I made the calls and it was quick and painless. Given that it’s so easy to do and being recommended as a necessary measure, what is your rationale for not freezing your credit? I’m assuming you know what you’re talking about and have a good reason for disagreeing with what I’ve heard and read repeatedly and what both of the banking institutions I deal with have told me. Why would we not if it’s so easy to do and so recommended?
Someone responded above to this thread that some think his VPN is unnecessary. A VPN has nothing to do with data being stolen from the state.Hope to hear back from him on this but I’m pretty sure he wasn’t suggesting a VPN would protect you from someone hacking a separate entity. Anyone that uninformed likely wouldn’t know to use a VPN in the first place.