How China Uses Stolen US Personnel Data

Interesting analysis of Chinas efforts to identify US spies: By about 2010, two former CIA officials recalled, the Chinese security services had instituted a sophisticated travel intelligence program, developing databases that tracked flights and passenger lists for espionage purposes. "We looked...

Locky Targets OPM Breach Victims

A phishing campaign pushing Locky ransomware is targeting some of the 22 million victims of the massive United States Office of Personnel Management breaches of 2014 and 2015. According to researchers at PhishMe Intelligence, the campaign involves attackers impersonating OPM representatives who a...

Fallout Over OPM Breach Report Begins

Wednesday’s bombshell report on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management breaches that exposed sensitive data belonging to more than 22 million people has sparked a cavalcade of finger pointing, politicking and squabbling over who knew what first. The scathing report by Republicans on the U.S. Hou...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso Discuss the Hacking Team Hack and the OPM Breach

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the Hacking Team hack and the continued fallout from the OPM breach. Download: digitalunderground212.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso on the OPM Hack Hearing and More

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the brutal House Oversight Committee hearing on the OPM breach, the Navy soliciting zero days, the LastPass breach, and the Cardinals-Astros hacking story. Download: digitalunderground208.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves...

OPM Breach Dates Back to December

The attack on the Office of Personnel Management that was disclosed earlier this month began as early as December 2014 and likely was the end result of a social engineering attack that enabled the hackers to gain valid user credentials and move around OPM’s network. During a hearing on Capitol Hi...