Personal Data Were Posted on Navy Web Site

Since there are several US flyers with naval aviation backgrounds on
this group, I thought I would post this just in case anyone here was
affected but didn't get the word yet:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...070700945.html

"Personal records for every Navy and Marine Corps aviator or aircrew
member who has logged flight hours in the past 20 years have been posted
on a public Navy Web site..."

Your individual action is simple. You call the 1-800 number of any one
of the credit bureaus and use the automated menus to put a "credit
alert" on your file (using a touchtone phone helps). It literally takes
a couple minutes.

I bet the so-called whiz kids didn't have this in mind when they
abolished service numbers for SSNs forty years ago!

Going slightly off topic/related FYI, you can opt to not have your SSN
on your FAA pilot's license. This takes a couple minutes on the FAA
website.

Jim Carriere wrote:
Since there are several US flyers with naval aviation backgrounds on
this group, I thought I would post this just in case anyone here was
affected but didn't get the word yet:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...070700945.html


"Personal records for every Navy and Marine Corps aviator or aircrew
member who has logged flight hours in the past 20 years have been posted
on a public Navy Web site..."

Your individual action is simple. You call the 1-800 number of any one
of the credit bureaus and use the automated menus to put a "credit
alert" on your file (using a touchtone phone helps). It literally takes
a couple minutes.

I bet the so-called whiz kids didn't have this in mind when they
abolished service numbers for SSNs forty years ago!

Going slightly off topic/related FYI, you can opt to not have your SSN
on your FAA pilot's license. This takes a couple minutes on the FAA
website.

Something is a bit hokey in the offricial explanation of this
occurrence. I received a letter from the Safety Center advising me that
my name and SSN had been divulged.

I retired as an LDO (6300) in 1985. I last reported flight hours as an
enlisted aircrewman in 1959.

Rick