Hack Attack: The War in Cyberspace

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently revealed that hackers compromised personal data on 4 million government employees in what was the largest cyber-attack in U.S. history. According to OPM, the breach included records on 750,000 Department of Defense civilian personnel along with names, addresses, family members, Social Security numbers, security clearances and medical records. The US government also admitted that it suspects that the hackers behind the vast cyber-attack originated in China. We discussed the impact of this massive breach and how it will affect U.S. security measures moving forward with Alex McGeorge, the Head of Threat Intelligence at Immunity, Inc.