Sites belonging to the Oireachtas (parliament), Department of Justice, Department of Defense, the Health Service Executive, the Central Statistics Office, and the Courts Service all went down Thursday evening and were only restored Friday afternoon.
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Officials from the OPM, Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of Management and Budget cancelled their scheduled appearance before a closed-door session of the House Armed Services Committee, citing issues with the briefing being “on the record.”
The officials were scheduled to provide information about the wide-ranging hack attack, which is considered one of the largest breaches of government data in U.S. history.
There is a new trend in cyberattacks, and recent breaches that stole tens of millions of records on Americans are just the beginning as state hackers shift their targets.
Only recently, hackers tied to the Chinese military were targeting intellectual property and other data that could be used for monetary gain. Now, they’re going after information with little value outside the spy world.
Only recently, hackers tied to the Chinese military were targeting intellectual property and other data that could be used for monetary gain. Now, they’re going after information with little value outside the spy world.
“We’re seeing a paradigm shift in the type of data [they’re targeting],” said Eric Devansky, director of global security services for TruShield Security, a risk assessment and security firm.
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