Rep. Gerry Connolly Statement on Cyber Attack on OPM Computers
Washington, DC,
June 5, 2015
Congressman Gerry Connolly issued the following statement in reaction to the discovery of a second, major cyber-attack on Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computers that compromised personnel data of about 4 million current and former federal employees. Read more.
Congressman Gerry Connolly issued the following statement in reaction to the discovery of a second, major cyber-attack on Office of Personnel Management (OPM) computers that compromised personnel data of about 4 million current and former federal employees. “Thursday’s report of a second data breach at OPM is very disturbing. Based on the cyber-signatures and method of attack, all indications point to Chinese hackers. But there is a lot we don’t know yet and the investigation is ongoing. In this instance, the Department of Homeland Security initially detected malicious activity in April and determined in May that OPM systems were breached. “We must also work towardmore dynamic security options which conduct continuous, 24-7 monitoring of government computers to discover malicious indicators of cyberattacks in real time.” |