I'm really surprised this isn't a more popular thread. This was a MAJOR breach. The credit bureaus know everything about us- birth dates, SSNs, addresses, former places of employment, etc., basically every piece of information someone would need to destroy your life, served on a silver platter.
Aside from the obvious threat of an identity thief opening lines of credit in my name, my ultimate concern of course is someone knowing enough stuff about me from this breach to con his way into emptying my bank account or my husband's TSP (401k for government employees).
Yesterday, I took the pains to freeze mine and my husband's credit in light of this news. I went to try to freeze my 4-yr old's credit since he is the most vulnerable to an attack and was told I would need to mail copies of my son's BC, SS card, and other extremely sensitive docs to some random PO box before they would honor my request. Umm... how about no?
Urgent question: Has anyone managed to figure a way around this and successfully freeze your minor children's credit? What about at least setting up a fraud alert?
I was extremely upset that I couldn't even set up a freaking fraud alert for my kid without having to "verify my identity" with these docs, as they put it. Who ELSE would set up a fraud alert for a child except the parents?? Is identity theft even a concern in this instance???