Current and former federal employees affected by the massive 2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach may be losing their identity protection services in the coming year.
IDX, the company providing these services since 2015, sent out emails earlier this month telling recipients of their identity protection services that they would have to renew on their own dime after receiving services for 10 years paid for by the government.
IDX, which has held the identity protection and credit monitoring contract since 2015, sent at least three emails out over the last few weeks offering customers a discount to renew their subscriptions.
IDX CEO Ian Kelly said that subscribers who have been receiving services for 10 years will need to renew their services and pay for it because OPM will no longer pay for the protection services.
“The MyIDCare membership was a result of the OPM cybersecurity incidents from 2015. Protection was provided in accordance with the Consolidated Appropriations Act for a period of 10 years. OPM has honored the 10-year obligation, and individuals that enrolled will have their coverage expire on the 10-year anniversary of their enrollment date,” Kelly said in an email to Federal News Network.
10 years? they paid for one year of credit monitoring and I had to pay for everything after that.