The mainstream outlets put the story out and pretended like it was just another day at the office. As you said, it's clear that SSN isn't going to be secure any longer. Best thing you can do is freeze your credit, ensure all of your passwords are generated/long random passwords, not reusing passwords, close accounts you don't use everywhere, cancel credit cards and loan/credit union accounts you don't use, add two factor auth (or more) to all other accounts you have and hope for the best. That's about the best you can do right now...
The mainstream outlets put the story out and pretended like it was just another day at the office. As you said, it's clear that SSN isn't going to be secure any longer. Best thing you can do is freeze your credit, ensure all of your passwords are generated/long random passwords, not reusing passwords, close accounts you don't use everywhere, cancel credit cards and loan/credit union accounts you don't use, add two factor auth (or more) to all other accounts you have and hope for the best. That's about the best you can do right now...