Sanctions ? Right.
The horse has left the barn (no its not American Pharaoh) no getting the information back.
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| White House threatens sanctions over recent cyberattack |
| 2015-06-06 |
| [Iran Press TV] White House press secretary Josh Earnest says the United State will impose economic sanctions on those who hacked the data of four million of current and former 'Red line', possible UN condemnation, or stronger messages to follow. "In April, the president, using his executive authority, signed an executive order giving the Treasury Department additional authority to use economic sanctions to punish or hold accountable those who are either responsible for a cyber intrusion or are benefiting from one," he said. American officials said Thursday hackers had broke into the computer system of the Office of Personnel Management. Hackers gained access to the data of some 2.7 million current government workers and about 2 million retired workers. Unnamed American officials claimed China was behind the massive hack. The Chinese Foreign Ministry, however, announced that the accusations were irresponsible. "Not to carry out a deep investigation and keep using words such as 'possible' is irresponsible and unscientific," Chinese Foreign Ministry front man Hong Lei said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Remember last week the idiot who said do away with all paper money and force people to do all transactions electronically. Single point of failure to shut down such an economy apply demonstrated by the Chinese day after day. Think what would happen if the switch is pulled on electronic transfers even today. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-06-06 08:00 |
| #4 The government has turned a blind eye on this problem for years, IRS hack (was a test), OPM hack (a larger test)... what's next ? Sanctions ? Right. The horse has left the barn (no its not American Pharaoh) no getting the information back. |
| Posted by: Big Jones2616 2015-06-06 06:33 |
| #3 The chances that Obama'll ever say "I'm the closest thing to a Chinese ever be a POTUS" just plummeted? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-06-06 06:10 |
| #2 |
| Posted by: 2015-06-06 05:20 |
| #1 Gosh, you mean he might pull his pacific rim trade |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-06-06 05:13 |