cyber attacks
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Hackers steal personally identifiable information for more than 100,000 taxpayers through the Internal Revenue Service\'s GetTranscript portal. Dean Silverman, former director of the Office of Compliance Analytics and senior adviser to the commissioner at the IRS, is now a senior adviser for Intuit. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose, the IRS can learn a few things from industry about its next steps to combat identity fraud.
June 08, 2015 -
If you are a current or former fed, personal information about you like your name, birth date, Social Security number and, maybe, where you went to school could now be in the hands of hackers after a breach last week at the Office of Personnel Management.
June 08, 2015 -
The cyber attack against the Office of Personnel Management is part of a year long coordinated effort to steal federal employee and contractors\' personal data. The Homeland Security Department issued an alert in May detailing a series of attacks against government and industry. Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller explains why federal employees need to be more aware of targeted spear phishing attacks than ever before.
June 05, 2015 -
Current and former federal employees affected by the Office of Personnel Management\'s data breach will get a notification by email starting Monday. OPM says it\'s working with the Homeland Security Department\'s Computer Emergency Readiness Team to figure out what exactly happened and why. Bob Gourley, a former chief technology officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency, is now the co-founder of Cognitio. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what\'s next for federal agencies, and what questions you should be asking your cyber/IT leaders.
June 05, 2015 -
Next week, the Office of Personnel Management will begin telling up to 4 million people that they are potential victims of a cyber breach. Hackers may have their names, Social Security Numbers, birthdates, job assignments, training files, performance ratings and current and former addresses. Here\'s what you can do if you\'re one of the 4 million.
June 05, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management revealed Thursday that the personal information of 4 million current and former federal employees may have been compromised during an April cyber attack on its IT systems.
June 04, 2015 -
The hackers that went after Sony wanted the company to know it was under attack and they wanted to do it harm, says Rob Roy of HP Enterprise Security Products. In a new commentary, Roy says the attack was a watershed moment in cybersecurity, marking a change in attackers' motives.
January 22, 2015 -
Sequestration, cyber attacks and terrorism are just a few of the concerns that top the list for the 114th Congress. In anticipation of tonight's State of the Union address, the American Enterprise Institute will hold a "congressional roadmap for rebuilding our nation's military" at 10 a.m. Former Sen. Jim Talent is an AEI senior fellow; Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. They joined Emily Kopp on the Federal Drive with a sneak peak at the event.
January 20, 2015 -
Confronted with a cyber breach and planned closures of mail processing centers in January 2015, the American Postal Workers Union and others are rallying against the USPS.
November 13, 2014 -
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss the cyber attack on Federal News Radio and WTOP, and the future of crowdfunding. May 16, 2013
May 16, 2013 -
Gigi Schumm, vice president and general manager Public Sector of Symantec, talks about computer security. December 18, 2012
December 18, 2012 -
On this week's Bloomberg Government Capital Impact show, analysts will talk about cybersecurity and risk managment. October 18, 2012
October 18, 2012 -
The world's largest oil producer said its network has recovered from a malicious computer virus.
August 28, 2012 -
Marine Lt. Gen Richard Mills told an audience at a conference in Baltimore last that he led cyber attacks in Afghanistan.
August 27, 2012 -
The Defense Department's goal is to enhance training and cyber situational awareness.
August 15, 2012