Saturday, 26 September 2026

It has been reported that the US Government Office of Personnel Management hack, was much larger than previously thought – that every federal employee’s social security number, along with other personnel records data (all unencrypted) has been breached.

Following this news, Lane Thames, security researcher, Tripwire, gives insights into the breach including, why the federal government is attractive to hack, law issues and how to reduce the attack surface:

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It has been reported that the US Government Office of Personnel Management hack, was much larger than previously thought – that every federal employee’s social security number, along with other personnel records data (all unencrypted) has been breached. Following this news, Philip Lieberman, President of Lieberman Software, discusses current government laws, prosecution issues, technologies for protection and gives further insight into what went wrong.

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The Police and Security Group Initiative (PaS) is publishing the conclusions from its consultation conducted earlier this year. The consultation’s aims were to identify the Capabilities of the Private Security Industry that would be interested in working better with the Metropolitan Police; the effectiveness of existing structures; and the key barriers and enablers to successful collaboration. The PaS Group has analysed the results, established a series of workgroups to address the key areas of opportunity, and is now looking for participants to help develop ideas and recommendations for change in this critical area.

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  7. Opengear introduces the Resilience Gateway
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  9. Bonita vulnerabilities allowed remote compromise of banking systems
  10. Imperva report finds DDoS attacks resemble advanced persistenttThreats in sophistication
  11. New research reveals that the majority of Mac devices still remain unprotected
  12. University of Derby introduces MOOCs
  13. Varonis Data Governance Suite “In Evaluation” Phase for Common Criteria EAL2 Certification
  14. Hacking costs UK businesses £34 billion annually
  15. Why insider threats are succeeding



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