Tag: OPM

Harry Reid announced that he will not accept a proposal offered by Mitch McConnell to allow Democrats to offer 10 amendments but with no guarantee that they will ever receive a vote. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats reject GOP deal to pass cyberbill

Susan Ferrechio · August 4, 2015 8:08 pm

The FDA warned hospitals Friday that the Hospira infusion pump series called Symbiq is susceptible to a cyberattack and they should immediately switch to another pump. (AP Photo)Â

Feds warn life-saving pumps could be hacked

Robert King · August 4, 2015 4:01 am

CISA "is not a cyber bill, it is a surveillance bill," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity bill pits White House against Senate Dems

Nicole Duran · August 3, 2015 11:01 pm

"Members are going to hear about the concerns about this bill," Ron Wyden predicted last week. "A lot of members are getting interested in offering amendments."

CISA could turn into extremely messy floor fight

Charlie Mitchell · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

The Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington, Friday, June 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Chairman: Before China computer hack, OPM warned, ‘Unplug it, turn it off’

Paul Bedard · July 26, 2015 11:16 pm

Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lawmaker: Feds guilty of ‘hypocrisy’ on data breaches

Nicole Duran · July 24, 2015 6:52 pm

Agencies will have to help defray the cost of offering credit-monitoring services, according to an email. (iStock photo)

OPM says other federal agencies have to pay for its giant data breach

Nicole Duran · July 21, 2015 9:38 pm

Former government employees and other U.S. citizens may have had their personal information stolen in a cyberattack on the OPM.

U.S. needs a new cybersecurity strategy

Nathan Rubbelke · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Before testifying Tuesday morning about immigration, Jeh Johnson penned an op-ed in Politico calling on Congress to take three critical steps to help him protect the federal government's information and IT systems. (AP Photo)Â

DHS says OPM hacks served as wake-up call

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2015 6:02 pm

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., offered the bill last week, on the same day OPM announced that a total of 22.1 million people were hit in two separate data breaches. (AP Photo)Â

Here comes the bill: Dems seek lifetime ID protection for hacked workers

Pete Kasperowicz · July 13, 2015 8:59 pm

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

OPM chief says she’s ‘proud’ of her heavily criticized IT plan

Nicole Duran · July 13, 2015 3:00 pm

Referring to the "Internet of Things," the FBI described a variety of Internet-connected devices that can be hacked. (AP Photo)Â

Cable and network television just not that interested in the OPM hack

Becket Adams · July 12, 2015 12:00 pm