MainNerve Blog OPM Hack: Can it get any worse?

Last night I was asked on Fox News what I thought the impact of the OPM hack would be and I commented on the incredulous amount of information that has been stolen and the potential impact on over 21 million Americans. In my opinion, no more valuable a trove of information can be found outside of actually compromising our national defense systems. For those of you that don't have a security clearance, the information that is on these forms is staggering. Due to the fact that an initial security background has to be complete in order to properly "vet" the individual for access to classified data, applicants are required to pretty much place their entire life on this forms: addresses, positions, next of kin, SSN, criminal background, medical issues, drug use etc. I don't know of one other single source of information that is so complete about an individual. For this reason, I am astounded that, at a minimum, none...CONTINUE READING...The post OPM Hack: Can it get any worse? appeared first on MainNerve Cyber Security.