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US President Barack Obama is considering the possibility of introducing sanctions against hackers who broke into the database planning and administration of the US administration and access to personal information of US intelligence and military, writes the New York Times.
According to the order signed by Obama in April, US Secretary of the Treasury may impose sanctions on individuals or groups that are engaged in malicious cyber-attacks, or in respect of persons who benefit from them. “This is an option [sanctions] is currently on the table [the president],” – said the NYT spokesman Josh Ernest White House.
Asked whether taken some steps to protect embassy staff US China because of fears that hackers have learned the information about their contacts in the country, Ernest refused to answer. “We recognized that potentially sensitive information about the large number of federal employees have been hacked, or at least are at risk. But we do not talk publicly about the details, “- said the representative of the White House.
As previously reported, database hacking allegedly committed Chinese hackers. Attackers can gain access to personal information of employees of US law enforcement agencies, particularly the CIA and the Pentagon. As the NYT said a senior government official, stolen data relate not only to federal employees, but also their relatives and friends. The total number of endangered personal affairs may be several times higher than previously voiced figure of 4 million. According to the agency Associated Presss, the attack could affect 14 million people. According to former US counterintelligence Joel Brenner, who leads the Bi-bi-si, stolen data are “gold mine” for hackers.
This is not the first time hackers access to the computer system of the USA. In 2006, suspected Chinese hackers broke into the system of the Ministry of Commerce, because of what had to change hundreds of servers. In March 2014, Chinese hackers broke into the computer network management staff of the US government (OPM), which stores the personal data of all public servants.
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