Tag Archives: personnel

EXCLUSIVE: Entire US national security system possibly compromised by year-long cyber-assault

07/23/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
July 21, 2015: Acting OPM director Beth Cobert is shown. (Government Executive Media Group) The prolonged hacking into the White House Office of Personnel Management, which put the personal information of at least some 21.5 million past and current federal…

Hackers stole Social Security numbers from 21.5 million, gov’t admits

07/09/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Hackers swiped Social Security numbers from 21.5 million people — as well as fingerprint records and other information from background check investigations — in the massive breach earlier this year of federal personnel files, the government acknowledged Thursday. The Office…

EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth federal hack part of broader campaign against the U.S., experts say

06/25/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
The spectacular hacking assault on the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management is just part of a broader, systematic campaign against the most valuable U.S. cyber-assets, public and private, that is ongoing and likely includes operations inside classified U.S. government…

China’s hack attack: Will US ever learn?

06/16/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Upon hearing of the massive data breach of employee information from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) — allegedly by hackers working for the Chinese government — Kay Cole James, the former director of OPM under George W. Bush, told…

Friday News Roundup: June 12, 2015

06/12/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
FILE – In this June 10, 2015 file photo, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, left, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo listen during a news conference in front of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y., where David Sweat and Richard…

US believes China behind cybersecurity breach affecting at least 4M federal employees

06/05/2015 Published on Foxnews.com
Hackers based in China are believed to be behind a massive data breach that could have compromised the personal data of at least 4 million current and former federal employees, U.S. officials said late Thursday. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, a…

Obama administration scrambles to contain damage from ‘massive data breach’

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The Obama administration was scrambling Friday to contain the damage from a massive cyber-breach which may have put the entire federal workforce at risk, as officials began to point the finger at China-based hackers. The Department of Homeland Security issued…

Cybersecurity Stocks are in Vogue as Hackers Ratchet up Attacks

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Cybersecurity companies are seeing their profiles rise among investors as the scope and breadth of these attacks escalate practically on a daily basis. The latest massive breach to occur was reported Thursday by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), a…