Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited the European Cybercrime Center at The Hague and declared the Obama administration is hard at work on cyber-security:
“The Department of Justice I lead – and the entire Obama Administration – is deeply committed to doing our part,” Lynch said. “Our FBI and Secret Service are investigating cyber intrusions while staying vigilant against individuals, organized groups and state actors who might attempt to steal sensitive data or inflict harm. We’re laying the groundwork to respond swiftly to future cyber-attacks and intrusions and using our expertise to prevent them from happening in the first place.”
Now that the Office of Personnel Management hack exposed the records and security-clearance files with sensitive information about 22 million people… the barn door is going to be firmly closed!
Last week, speaking at Fort Meade on September 11, President Obama declared, “The bulk of vulnerable information and data isn’t in our military; it’s in the private sector. It’s throughout our economy. It’s on your smartphones. And so we’re going to have to both strengthen overall networks, but we’re also going to have to train millions of individual actors — small businesses, big vendors, individuals — in terms of basic cyber hygiene. We’re going to have to be much more rapid in responding to attacks.”
Hey, would “basic cyber hygiene” include not using personal e-mail to send and receive classified information? Asking for a friend.