US Government Responds to Latest Hack: Give Us More Power Over Data Collection

An estimated 4 million federal employees had their personal data compromised after what was reported by authorities on Thursday to be an attack that accessed networks operated by the Office of Personnel Management, the federal human resources department that houses high-level security clearances and government employee records.
The latest data breach prompted calls from bipartisan leaders of the House intelligence committee for the Senate to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (Cisa), the Senate counterpart of a House bill approved in April.
But cybersecurity experts and technologists questioned the wisdom of turning over vast new amounts of private data to the government after another massive exposure of federal government data insecurity. The additional powers sought by the government are a major legislative priority for the National Security Agency, which would gain access to new private data, particularly from financial firms, via the Department of Homeland Security.