Jarrett Kolthoff is founder and CEO of SpearTip, a cyber counterintelligence firm that combines proprietary technology and extensive expertise to respond to cyber threats and protect organizations around-the-clock.
The four individuals who were identified and indicted by the Trump Administration in relation to the Equifax breach from 2017 is yet another example of the overt collection efforts by the Chinese government to steal Americans’ sensitive personal information. The openness of the U.S. government to share these examples should help bring the reality of cyber threats to the forefront in corporate board rooms and research universities. I would like to highlight that these particular attacks were conducted for a different goal – espionage.
