I would not reply to this email, especially since it is tagged as EXTERNAL. If anything I would send it to my IT Security group as an attachment so it could be investigated as a phishing attempt.
I wouldn't reply. That looks too phishy for my taste, even if it was sent by those morons. This is horrible because I worked for oil companies that would have fired me for opening anything that looked like this.
This is a classic phishing attack tactic. The HR18 is especially obvious. I can't wait to see what types of responses you get and if we then end up seeing cyber attacks coming through those agencies.
Fuck this administration and stand strong. If a union member, I hope the Union stands strong. As a Federal retiree (VA) I want to extend my sincere condolences to all of you out there breaking your necks each and every day in your service to the citizens you help provide services for as well as your service to our country. I’m aware that not all persons bust hump, but I can assure you that most of those on or where I worked and had the opportunity to lead, or work for gave their (my) all and then some in service to those we were serving. 50-60 hour weeks were a regular occurrence for me. Salaried - rarely given overtime/comp time for a very important job as a therapist.
Find your like minded and trustworthy cohort and hang in there. Godspeed to all of you.
At the time we responded it wasn’t ’obedience in advance;’ this isn’t the first time we’ve gotten something like this, just the broadest instance. Additionally, the text of the email indicated that this was a test of something already in existence. Several of my coworkers didn’t respond to the initial email and yet still received the ‘Fork in the Road’ missive, demonstrating that it was already in place.
We were told it was legitimate hr@opm.gov but the reply went to hr5@opm.gov it would likely crash the system if they all came at once or replied to one email.
It actually has everything to do with work-from-home; I got the email this morning and printed it before I deleted it. It’s absolutely as bad as one can imagine, although my coworkers all just nodded along and said, “yeah, this is great - get rid of the deadwood!”
What follows below is a c/p. One link to the Reddit source where I found this is included at the end of this quote, along with a link to my Newsletter in which I published this matter for wider exposure.
________________________________________________
OPM employee here, we are not the bad guys
I’m a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I’m posting this because people need to know what’s going on at OPM.
I’ve been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I’ve never witnessed anything even remotely close to what’s happening right now. In short, there’s a hostile takeover of the federal civil service.
Let me say this in no uncertain terms — OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President’s henchmen.
The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He’s the friendliest “yes man” you’ll ever meet. He never says no. It’s clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump’s bidding, until they found Chuck.
Under his name, they’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov’t employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn’t even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.
Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency.
Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It’s been the one sending those various “test” message you’ve all seen. We think they’re building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.
The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we’ve filed.
Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We’re just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants. Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it’s looking pretty grim.
I read a post this afternoon from an anonymous someone in the government’s HR department stating that “someone” brought a server into that office and plugged it in. We NEED to find that server. Got any contacts?
So many things wrong with the communication from "HR" @opm .gov, that I submitted a security incident report to Sec Mgr/G2, received a reply that it was official, and a link to a web page with a very poorly written explanation that Test emais are real. Haven't received an email with the repoted deferred resignation program offer. I'll send
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As we look ahead, will the 1/3 of Americans who supported Trump’s agenda finally recognize the consequences of cruelty? And what about the 1/3 who chose not to vote or research his policies—will they engage with the issues that matter?
Our 🇺🇸 grandchildren may soon face the fallout of decisions made today, as funding is diverted away from low-income families in order to shield big corporations and billionaires from contributing their fair share. The future is approaching, and it prompts us to reflect on the trajectory we’re setting for the next generation.
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I would not reply to this email, especially since it is tagged as EXTERNAL. If anything I would send it to my IT Security group as an attachment so it could be investigated as a phishing attempt.
Yeah, why are people opening these and going along with these unlawful EOs?
My god, these ARE the DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE MOMENTS.
I wouldn't reply. That looks too phishy for my taste, even if it was sent by those morons. This is horrible because I worked for oil companies that would have fired me for opening anything that looked like this.
This is a classic phishing attack tactic. The HR18 is especially obvious. I can't wait to see what types of responses you get and if we then end up seeing cyber attacks coming through those agencies.
NOAA got a mild cyber attack last night and shut it down
My personal feeling is that this is a data collection tool by new administration loyalists.
Fuck this administration and stand strong. If a union member, I hope the Union stands strong. As a Federal retiree (VA) I want to extend my sincere condolences to all of you out there breaking your necks each and every day in your service to the citizens you help provide services for as well as your service to our country. I’m aware that not all persons bust hump, but I can assure you that most of those on or where I worked and had the opportunity to lead, or work for gave their (my) all and then some in service to those we were serving. 50-60 hour weeks were a regular occurrence for me. Salaried - rarely given overtime/comp time for a very important job as a therapist.
Find your like minded and trustworthy cohort and hang in there. Godspeed to all of you.
Obviously rerouted to a Project 25 operative. No?
We were assured by higher that this was a legitimate email that had been “vetted by CHRA Cyber Staff and deemed “safe.”” My number was HR18
I was told the exact opposite.
Why did you comply in advance?
At the time we responded it wasn’t ’obedience in advance;’ this isn’t the first time we’ve gotten something like this, just the broadest instance. Additionally, the text of the email indicated that this was a test of something already in existence. Several of my coworkers didn’t respond to the initial email and yet still received the ‘Fork in the Road’ missive, demonstrating that it was already in place.
We were told it was legitimate hr@opm.gov but the reply went to hr5@opm.gov it would likely crash the system if they all came at once or replied to one email.
Put this action together with a total hiring freeze and you get exactly what DJT wants - a gutted federal workforce, terrified for their jobs
In the best case, this is not an outside scam, but a way for OPM to collect more granular info. Best case.
Does this mean trump will resign? He works from home supposedly .
Nope. He "works" from a golf course.
WTF? What planet did you say you're living on? First of all The Felon would never resign. Secondly it's got nothing to do with working at home. 🤦🏻♀️
It actually has everything to do with work-from-home; I got the email this morning and printed it before I deleted it. It’s absolutely as bad as one can imagine, although my coworkers all just nodded along and said, “yeah, this is great - get rid of the deadwood!”
First, they came for the work-at-home employees…
Apparently you misunderstand my sarcasm , slow your roll, a lil harsh dont ya think? Wtf, back?
Geez chill out.
What follows below is a c/p. One link to the Reddit source where I found this is included at the end of this quote, along with a link to my Newsletter in which I published this matter for wider exposure.
________________________________________________
OPM employee here, we are not the bad guys
I’m a current employee at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). This is a throwaway account for obvious reasons. I’m posting this because people need to know what’s going on at OPM.
I’ve been an OPM employee for nearly a decade and a Federal Employee for almost 20 years. I’ve never witnessed anything even remotely close to what’s happening right now. In short, there’s a hostile takeover of the federal civil service.
Let me say this in no uncertain terms — OPM has been compromised and taken over. The very backbone of American Government, the HR of all HR in the U.S. Government has been taken over by outside politicals. In just five days, they managed to push aside dozens of non-political, career civil servants who were there specifically to prevent the civil service from becoming the President’s henchmen.
The current Acting Director, Charles (Chuck) Ezell is a low-level branch chief. He’s the friendliest “yes man” you’ll ever meet. He never says no. It’s clear they pushed aside all the high-level non political civil servants who refused to do Donald Trump’s bidding, until they found Chuck.
Under his name, they’ve sent numerous requests to all the agencies to collect information on gov’t employees that they see as a threat to their agenda. Instructions say to send these lists to Amanda Scales. But Amanda is not actually an OPM employee, she works for Elon Musk. She wasn’t even properly cleared by OPM Personnel Security.
Our CIO, Melvin Brown, (also a non political career public servant) was pushed aside just one week into his tenure because he refused to setup email lists to send out direct communications to all career civil servants. Such communications are normally left up to each agency.
Instead, an on-prem (on-site) email server was setup. Someone literally walked into our building and plugged in an email server to our network to make it appear that emails were coming from OPM. It’s been the one sending those various “test” message you’ve all seen. We think they’re building a massive email list of all federal employees to generate mass RIF notices down the road.
The non-political civil servants here at OPM are watching helplessly as our government is being systematically dismantled bit by bit. Even the IGs are being fired to prevent them from investigating the numerous whistleblower complaints we’ve filed.
Please share this and tell the world that OPM is not the bad guy. We’re just as helpless to stop this as the rest of our fellow public servants. Hopefully someone out there can help us, but it’s looking pretty grim.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1ibbbh7/this_was_posted_about_opm_in_our_union_chat/
https://robertjrei.substack.com/p/election-investigation-updates
We were told by our command NOT to reply to it. Clearly, our command is skeptical af about this obvious scam.
I read a post this afternoon from an anonymous someone in the government’s HR department stating that “someone” brought a server into that office and plugged it in. We NEED to find that server. Got any contacts?
So many things wrong with the communication from "HR" @opm .gov, that I submitted a security incident report to Sec Mgr/G2, received a reply that it was official, and a link to a web page with a very poorly written explanation that Test emais are real. Haven't received an email with the repoted deferred resignation program offer. I'll send
It looks and smells phisy. Regardless, make them fire you. That’s patriotic.
Now it sounds like bait and switch. There is not a budget line item for these ‘buyouts.’ When has Trump ever paid contractors?
Could our fellow Americans be on the brink of realizing the implications of their votes?
As we look ahead, will the 1/3 of Americans who supported Trump’s agenda finally recognize the consequences of cruelty? And what about the 1/3 who chose not to vote or research his policies—will they engage with the issues that matter?
Our 🇺🇸 grandchildren may soon face the fallout of decisions made today, as funding is diverted away from low-income families in order to shield big corporations and billionaires from contributing their fair share. The future is approaching, and it prompts us to reflect on the trajectory we’re setting for the next generation.
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