Tag: Data Breach

Cobert has been serving as the agency's acting director since her predecessor, Katherine Archuleta, resigned. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House lawmakers urge Senate to confirm new OPM director

Rudy Takala · March 4, 2016 8:48 pm

The IRS said Friday 390,000 taxpayer accounts may have been hacked, up from 334,000. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS breach bigger than previously thought

Joseph Lawler · February 26, 2016 8:22 pm

FBI Director James Comey speaks on worldwide threats. The FBI is trying to scrub information about its employees off the Internet after it was stolen by a hacker and distributed this week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FBI trying to scrub hacked employee data from Internet

Rudy Takala · February 12, 2016 2:02 pm

Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen said, both cybersecurity and customer service at the Internal Revenue Service have suffered because of Obamacare. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

IRS chief: Blame rotten customer service and data hacks on Obamacare

Rudy Takala · February 11, 2016 4:35 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson listens at left as President Barack Obama speaks at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Va. One of the federal government's special incompetencies is protecting sensitive data. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DHS hack a reminder that government is no good at data security

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

The House Oversight chair said OPM under Beth Cobert's leadership is not cooperating with his investigation. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Chaffetz subpoenas docs on OPM data breach

Susan Crabtree · February 3, 2016 11:37 pm

OPM's demands include "individual climate control, iron and ironing board, hair dryer in bathroom." (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi)

OPM demands 250 thread count linen for conferences

Pete Kasperowicz · January 26, 2016 8:14 pm

The report comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission censured a St. Louis-based investment adviser in September for failing to uphold "required cybersecurity policies" after losing information to a Chinese hack. (AP Photo)

Report urges hedge funds to improve cybersecurity

Rudy Takala · January 25, 2016 6:22 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson looks up as he and Attorney General Loretta Lynch, left, wait for the arrival of Chinese Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun to discuss cybercrime and related issues. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Congress turns to data-breach notification

Charlie Mitchell · January 11, 2016 5:01 am

The exposed data from the hack could include, for instance, what political lawn signs a voter has had on display over the last decade. (AP Photo)

Report: Data from 191 million voters exposed online

Rudy Takala · December 28, 2015 5:38 pm

"As the Clinton campaign knows, this is not the first firewall failure at the DNC," Sanders spokesman said. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Sanders urges Clinton to push for DNC investigation

Ariel Cohen · December 21, 2015 11:22 pm

After a strong debate performance this week, Trump maintained his more than 20-point lead over his nearest rival. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Trump slams Clinton for being ‘disloyal’ to Sanders

Curt Mills · December 19, 2015 9:11 pm