Tag: Cybersecurity

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. JasonÂ Chaffetz is the chief author of the Remote Transactions Parity Act, which would force retailers to begin collecting sales taxes.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP letter: Fire top OPM officials

Nicole Duran · June 26, 2015 7:54 pm

Secret Service nabs ‘most-wanted’ computer hacker

National Security

Secret Service nabs ‘most-wanted’ computer hacker

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 4:09 pm

"We are analyzing right now with OMB and ... my CFO to determine ... what the request might look like, and I hope to be able to get back to you by the end of the week," OPM Director Katherine Archuleta said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

OPM hints it may need more money after data breach

Nicole Duran · June 24, 2015 2:59 pm

French President Francois Hollande, left, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius chair a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, Thursday, June 24, 2015. Appearing more irritated and embarrassed than surprised, France's government summoned the U.S. ambassador Wednesday to respond to Wikileaks revelations that the NSA eavesdropped on three successive presidents and other top officials. (Charles Platiau, Pool via AP)

National Security

France summons U.S. ambassador over NSA spying allegations

Kelly Cohen · June 24, 2015 1:52 pm

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, left, shakes hands with China's State Councilor Yang Jiechi, right, at the 7th U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

US officials hit China with rhetoric after OPM hack, but not much else

Pete Kasperowicz · June 23, 2015 8:56 pm

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015, on the data security breach at the OPM. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Administration won’t revise OPM hack figures

Nicole Duran · June 23, 2015 7:23 pm

"The State Department was attacked at least every day, if not several times a day while I was there," Clinton said during an interview with a radio station in Boston. (Getty Images)

Clinton admits State Dept. faced cyberattacks as she used private server

Sarah Bedford · June 22, 2015 2:59 pm

In this Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, Rosemary Cabelo uses a computer at a public library to access the Affordable Health Care Act website, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

New Obamacare privacy threats loom large

Rep. Diane Black · June 22, 2015 9:00 am

Memories are long in the Senate, and it will probably take Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., more than a week or two to get over the rebuff he suffered on the floor when he tried to attach cybersecurity legislation as an amendment to a pending defense bill. (AP Photo)

Senate vote falls short of approving defense act with CISA amendment

Charlie Mitchell · June 22, 2015 4:01 am

Obama’s big data dilemma: How to sanction cyberthieves

Obama’s big data dilemma: How to sanction cyberthieves

Nicole Duran · June 22, 2015 4:01 am

White House has ‘confidence’ in OPM chief, even after data breach

White House has ‘confidence’ in OPM chief, even after data breach

Nicole Duran · June 17, 2015 6:36 pm

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, before the before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the OPM data breach. In the cyberattack targeting federal personnel records, hackers are believed to have obtained the Social Security numbers, birth dates, job actions and other private information on every federal employee and millions of former employees and contractors. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

It begins: Lawmakers want OPM director to resign over data hack

Susan Ferrechio · June 17, 2015 5:54 pm