Cyber Reforms: Call for new rules after massive hack

WASHINGTON: The White House has urged Congress to come out of the “dark ages” and pass new cyber security rules, using a massive security breach to press its case for reform. President Barack Obama’s allies seized on news that data on 4 million government employees had been compromised to press for legislation stalled in the Republican-dominated Congress. “It’s impossible to overstate this threat,” said Senate Intelligence Committee Dianne Feinstein. “Trillions of dollars, the private data of every single American, even the security of critical infrastructure is at risk.”  The breach included records on 750,000 Department of Defence civilian personnel. The United States has repeatedly accused China of waging cyber warfare in recent years. Beijing angrily hit back at claims that the latest attack had originated in China, describing the allegation as irresponsible.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 7^th, 2015.

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