Tag: OPM

In a joint statement, OPM, OMB, and DHS implied they had not been notified the hearing would be transcribed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

OPM, DHS leaders ditch data-breach hearing

Rudy Takala, Charles Hoskinson · November 17, 2015 8:01 pm

"In my initial meetings with Beth Cobert, she has impressed me as a talented, qualified, and competent choice for OPM director," saidÂ House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz.Â (AP File Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama set to appoint permanent OPM director

Rudy Takala · November 11, 2015 2:01 am

CliftonÂ Triplett's hiring "builds on the growing capacity here at the Office of Personnel Management and underscores our relentless dedication to protecting this agency's valuable IT systems and information," Beth CobertÂ said. (AP Photo)

OPM hires cyberczar four months after huge data hack

Nicole Duran · November 4, 2015 5:35 pm

"Let's begin to share more data, the data leads to a common picture, which leads to an adult conversation. I have confidence we're bright people, if we're all looking at the same data, we'll find a range of options we find acceptable." (Bloomberg File Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Former spy chief complains about ‘hideous over-classification’

Rudy Takala · October 28, 2015 10:31 pm

Facebook has begun notifying users when foreign governments are trying to hack them.Â (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision for Facebook/AP Images)

Dear Facebook user: You’re being hacked

Rudy Takala · October 20, 2015 11:14 pm

"They are developing a huge database on your most personal intimate information, and then they're going to break it up, and we know this," former Rep. Mike Rogers said of China. (AP Photo)

Former intel chair: China will use hacked info to target Americans

Rudy Takala · October 19, 2015 4:19 pm

National Security

China asks world to impose ‘code of conduct’ on Internet

Rudy Takala · October 10, 2015 4:41 pm

In a joint statement, OPM, OMB, and DHS implied they had not been notified the hearing would be transcribed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Lawmakers: OPM shouldn’t be in charge of classified data

Rudy Takala · October 8, 2015 7:52 pm

"We have managed to raise the level across the board for non-administrators to 76 percent of federal government accounts," constituting an "increase in just two months from 40 percent," said Michael Daniel, cybersecurity coordinator at the White House.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

One quarter of fed accounts not fully secured

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2015 8:53 pm

Lockheed Martin,Â creator of theÂ Amphibious Combat VehicleÂ shown here, is one of theÂ contractors most often targeted by hackers.Â (PRNewsFoto/Lockheed Martin)

Defense contractors must disclose cyber breaches

Rudy Takala · October 3, 2015 7:44 am

The Obama administration has refused to publicly attribute the OPM breach to China, but the revelation indicates that the government seems sure that the hack was based in China.Â (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

OPM breach forces CIA agents out of Beijing

Rudy Takala · September 30, 2015 7:07 pm

FILE - In this June 16, 2013 file photo, users browse the Internet in an underground station in Hong Kong. As hacks abound, some companies are testing workers' security-savvy by sending spoof phishing emails to see who bites. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

What happens when defense officials open ‘phishing’ emails?

Rudy Takala · September 30, 2015 6:53 pm