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OPM Breach Gets Worse – Daily Security Byte EP.97

June 15, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

You thought 4 million stolen federal workers’ records was bad? Well, Friday we learned the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach might be even worse than first suspected. We also learned a small time cyber criminal has tried to take credit for the attack. Watch the video for these updates, and to learn why PII theft is so dangerous.

 

(Episode Runtime: 3:13)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnPWDLbuBsY

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • OPM breach is worse than first realized – The Guardian
  • 14M records stolen during OPM breach – Seattle Times
  • Federal union president says no encryption on OPM SSNs – Tech Dirt
  • Cyber criminal claims credit for OPM breach and drops emails – Motherboard
  • Good article on how using PII for authentication is bad – Network World

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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