There have been several Congressional hearings on cyber-terrorism, yet with such an emergency and threat, no solution is forthcoming.
Category Archives: China aggression
Chinese Intelligence at Center of OPM Hack
First reported there was Anthem, one of the largest healthcare providers that was hacked. 80 million personal records were compromised. What is notable is Anthem is part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield health coverage network and even more concerning is BCBS provides coverage to more that half of the federal government workforce.
Take note of the following fro Threatconnect.com:
America Recovery Reinvestment Act, NOT SO Much
When one visits the government website www.recovery.gov, these description reads that the board is a non-partisan, non-political agency and then in bold letter in a heading it also reads ‘The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board’.
Additionally the site mission statement reads: “To promote accountability by coordinating and conducting oversight of Recovery funds to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to foster transparency on Recovery spending by providing the public with accurate, user-friendly information.”
China did Not Hack OPM, Operative Just Signed In
Per ARS Technica: Not only were the database records of POM not encrypted, it simply did not matter. At least 14 million personnel files have been compromised and protecting social security numbers by encryption did not mater.
Russia China Pact with Snowden in the Middle
Going beyond the major hack by China into the Office of Personnel Management that cultivated at least 14 million personnel files of government, intelligence and military, China is building a database of individuals in America. Would they share it with Russia? The wake of destruction is yet to be known and future predictions are impossible to imagine.
Russia is turning to China and likewise China is delighted for the relationship as proven by the Silk Road Economic objectives.