Posted on Jul 12, 2015
Do you believe that the OPM data breach will compromise our intelligence capabilities for years to come?
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Hackers stole the personally identifying information of more than 20 million people, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed on Thursday, in a breach that threatens to compromise US intelligence capabilities for years to come.
"Presuming these attacks came from China, it's debilitating to America's human intelligence capabilities for a generation," geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group, told Business Insider via email.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-massive-china-hack-on-us-data-will-be-debilitating-to-us-intelligence-for-a-generation/ar-AAcOcXn
"Presuming these attacks came from China, it's debilitating to America's human intelligence capabilities for a generation," geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group, told Business Insider via email.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-massive-china-hack-on-us-data-will-be-debilitating-to-us-intelligence-for-a-generation/ar-AAcOcXn
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The only compromise to our intelligence capabilities happens if positive steps are not taken to prevent and circumvent the information stolen, also time to use more humans and stop relying too much on electronic data.
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad, I read the article, and I think the harm is grossly overstated. My information is in that breach as well, but so what?
Sure, with my SF-86 identity theft is probably as easy as breathing. But so what? Identity theft has been a problem for years. All the breach means is that banks, credit card issuers, and retailers need to get serious about finding a way to verify identity. And as far as I can see, the only solution is two or three factor authentication.
What are the three factors? 1) Something you know, like a password. 2) Something you have. like a CAC card. 3) Something you are, like a retinal scan or fingerprint. OK, so it's a pain to have to prove two or three of those when you want to buy something ... more of a pain than straightening out identity theft? Nope. What this means is we have to get serious and quit taking the easy or politically expedient solution. Chip and Pin cards are the rave, but they are U-S-E-L-E-S-S on the Internet, where 80% of transactions occur. We need to quit listening to politicians and start listening to security specialists.
As far as harming intelligence, yes, it may be harder to do HUMINT. But it doesn't harm any other *INT at all. So what's the big deal?
Pandora's box has been opened. The genie is out of the bottle. No way to go back the way things were. It's time to adapt to reality and give up the fantasy of the past.
Sure, with my SF-86 identity theft is probably as easy as breathing. But so what? Identity theft has been a problem for years. All the breach means is that banks, credit card issuers, and retailers need to get serious about finding a way to verify identity. And as far as I can see, the only solution is two or three factor authentication.
What are the three factors? 1) Something you know, like a password. 2) Something you have. like a CAC card. 3) Something you are, like a retinal scan or fingerprint. OK, so it's a pain to have to prove two or three of those when you want to buy something ... more of a pain than straightening out identity theft? Nope. What this means is we have to get serious and quit taking the easy or politically expedient solution. Chip and Pin cards are the rave, but they are U-S-E-L-E-S-S on the Internet, where 80% of transactions occur. We need to quit listening to politicians and start listening to security specialists.
As far as harming intelligence, yes, it may be harder to do HUMINT. But it doesn't harm any other *INT at all. So what's the big deal?
Pandora's box has been opened. The genie is out of the bottle. No way to go back the way things were. It's time to adapt to reality and give up the fantasy of the past.
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yes, it gives them great insight into the life's of people we trust with our most sensitive secrets allowing them to be exploited easier by the spies of our enemies. We cannot replace and retrain all the people, so we are at a disadvantage for a long time.
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