Yes I have received this as they stole my SF-86 BI information for a security clearance and my fingerprints according to the letter that I received from OPM. (USPS snail mail is the only way they send them). They gave me a free identity monitoring service (some outfit out of California) for 3 years I think. I signed up and it seems pretty good, I got an alert when I applied for a credit card. It also has this arrest/booking monitor that checks to see if you have wants/warrants/convictions in NCIC. So far no hits on meAustin83 wrote:Has anyone here received a letter from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) regarding the cyber theft of background investigation records? I received a letter today showing my information was included in the intrusion. I am not a government employee, and I've never applied for a government job so I'm confused as to why the OPM data breach included my information. I'm wondering if my information was included from my CHL background check or from a background check while purchasing a firearm. Anyone else get one of these letters yet?
.According to OPM, what the Chinese got (that's who did it even though USGOV won't admit it) is the contents of your security investigation and in some cases a digital copy of your fingerprints. They wouldn't have gotten your CHL application as that's done by State of Texas not OPM, though they query some of the same databases (NCIC). I'm not aware that they got prints from AFIS, although I hear now your CHL application prints, and NFA application prints are kept on file in AFIS, where they only used to keep them for people arrested and printed.
Thing is, you can get a security clearance without being eligible to purchase a firearm (convicted felon, misdemeanor DV,...) though I assume it's rare. So while the ChiComms got whatever was on your SF-85/86, the other databases weren't hacked, so presumably they wouldn't get your CHL info.