White House rides on cyber-attack

chika ebuzor

June 5, 2015 10:30 PM

Reporters at the White House briefing today, were disappointed when the press secretary Josh Earnest, refused to talk about the recent cyber-attack on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM).

The press secretary chose to talk about President Obama’s information sharing initiatives instead.

He said “The problem is, in order to facilitate that kind of information sharing between the private sector and the federal government; it requires an act of Congress.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is currently looking into the matter, but our source at the White House said the attacks originated from China.

Speaking to reporters on the issue, Jay Kaplan, former National Security Agency analyst and CEO of Synack, said 'There is a general notion that government agencies unilaterally have their act together when it comes to protecting their information assets; this is fundamentally false.'

Critics say the incessant attacks on government agencies, is an evidence that the present administration has not put the required measures in place to protect its network of resources from cyber-thieves.

Jesse McKenna, director of project management at cyber-threat researcher vArmour, said 'The fact that we have no idea how long these attackers have been inside of the OPM is one that should keep the Government up at night. Our investment in cyberwarfare defense needs to increase at the same rate in which hackers are stepping up their game. Otherwise, our data and people are at risk.'

chika ebuzor