USPS hacked

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Spideyman

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Spidey - from what I've read so far the threat is to Postal Employees. Unfortunately my son works for the Postal Service.

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However, he also said that customers at local post offices or those using its website, usps.com, were not affected. But people who used its call center may have had telephone numbers, email addresses and other information compromised.

Though the USPS website and cash registers were not compromised, the Customer Care Center may have been affected and anyone who contacted the center between Jan. 1 and Aug. 16 this year may be affected.
 

fljoe0

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Here is what I have done recently to try and lessen my exposure to these types of things:

I got a pre-paid American Express Bluebird credit/debit card. There are no monthly fees on this card. You can load cash on the card at any Wal-mart (no charge) and you can use the card like any credit or debit card. What I do is keep around $300 -$400 on one of these prepaid cards and use it on all my small internet and over the phone transactions instead of a bank card and in place of some transactions that I would use my bank check card. It's kind of like having cash with the convenience of a credit card. It is just a way to not have my bank card exposed so much. It would not have helped me in the Home Depot hack since those are usually bigger ticket purchases that I need my regular card for but I do use this for quite a few transactions and it doesn't cost any extra money.
 

Ebdim9th

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I just received a notice in the mail that the Housing Board through which I get 'controlled' rent is forcing all of us on the program to have all our information put on an email account set up for us through their website.. I have tried so hard to keep all my personal information off of the internet, and now that's all going to be blown to hell come January with literally no choice or say so on my part...
 

GNTLGNT

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