Ron Marks: Common ground in OPM and Ashley Madison breaches

Cyber breaches at the Office of Personnel Management and Ashley Madison may have something in common: you. The Los Angeles Times reports foreign spy services are...

Cyber breaches at the Office of Personnel Management and Ashley Madison may have something in common: you. The Los Angeles Times reports foreign spy services are hacking and aggregating data from U.S. networks to build their files on U.S. intelligence officers. Ron Marks is senior fellow for the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University and a former CIA special assistant. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose the OPM breach was never about identity theft, but a plan to learn more about what you're doing and where you're going.

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