To the Point
A Massive Data Breach Was Just Waiting to Happen
It took three months for the Office of Personnel Management to discover that key records of at least four million federal employees were being hacked . Defenses were so weak, one cyber security expert says, "The mystery is not how they got cleaned out… but what took the Chinese so long."
By Warren Olney • • 32m ListenIt took three months for the Office of Personnel Management to discover that key records of at least four million federal employees were being hacked. Defenses were so weak, one cyber security expert says, "The mystery is not how they got cleaned out… but what took the Chinese so long." The Obama Administration has not officially said the attack came from China, and it’s unclear if the objective was financial crime or intelligence gathering. Whatever the motives, will hackers always be ahead of the game?
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christine Detz
Producer, 'To the Point'
Evan George
Director of Content, News
David Sanger
Pulitzer Prize-winning White House and national security correspondent for the New York Times, author of “New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend The West”
Adam Segal
Council on Foreign Relations
James Lewis
Center for Strategic and International Studies