When Does a Hack Become an Act of War?

The Terrible Scale of the Chinese Cyber-Pearl Harbor Attack - by @noahcrothman - http://t.co/7ZoWI0MAvA pic.twitter.com/7oGfMOhdE6

— Commentary Magazine (@Commentary) June 12, 2015

Personal data of every federal employee and retiree was swiped in a massive hack attack http://t.co/yFODAgEuL2 pic.twitter.com/AyWnmQSQTa

— New York Post (@nypost) June 12, 2015

BREAKING: Massive OPM data & PII breach FAR worse. Undetected for over a year. Complete & utter cyberdefense failure. http://t.co/Z9AGkz3Otv

— Thomas Drake (@Thomas_Drake1) June 11, 2015

Major hack hits spy agencies, millions of employees with security clearance may be exposed: http://t.co/LOCshfSHNE pic.twitter.com/J446I1vMZS

— The Hill (@thehill) June 13, 2015

Deeply personal information exposed in security clearance hack http://t.co/vsFPC78KwY pic.twitter.com/i05GsfE1p3

— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) June 13, 2015

Ex-NSA official: Cybersecurity breach gave China intelligence ‘crown jewels’ http://t.co/O7gF4CVu73 #CIA #DHS #POTUS pic.twitter.com/yUo2ZOKX3A

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) June 13, 2015

$21 million tab to taxpayers for clean up after massive Chinese hack of federal database http://t.co/5dp5xhVsHF #teaparty #GovWaste

— Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) June 13, 2015

China’s spies just hit the blackmail jackpot—with every U.S. federal worker’s personal data http://t.co/TngzeRxtlQ pic.twitter.com/mzF0iubD31

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 12, 2015

MORE: Officials say second hack apparently accessed sensitive data for military, intelligence officers: http://t.co/OUy8SDsv54

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 12, 2015

Top Counterintel Official: Hack ‘Tells Chinese Identities of Almost Everybody Who Has Got U.S. Security Clearance’– http://t.co/buxcbwGzN8

— James R. Willis Jr. (@willis9189) June 14, 2015

Government Union Confirms Horrifying Reason No Federal Employee's Information is Safe http://t.co/3vmTYWlAb2

— IJReview (@ijreview) June 13, 2015

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S EXCUSES AND LIES ABOUT OPM HACK MELT AWAY http://t.co/jSHFxoY4Q2 #tcot What a SHOCK! #PartyOfLies

— Sharon (@SweetFreedom29) June 13, 2015

The national security implications of this hack are staggering. http://t.co/b43FuCKoR4

— Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) June 13, 2015

White house: cannot confirm reports 14 million affected by hack http://t.co/FQUQzICKqF

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) June 12, 2015

More Records Compromised in OPM Hack Than Estimates Suggested http://t.co/fk6lrdjyeh via @RobertDEdelman pic.twitter.com/iEOE8rRiqq

— Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) June 12, 2015

US official: Hack of US federal systems far deeper, potentially more problematic than publicly acknowledged: http://t.co/rFgi2DV89T

— ABC News (@ABC) June 11, 2015

Reminder: This hack was going on while the president was playing with his selfie stick and opening his own Twitter account.

— Eric Spencer (@JustEric) June 12, 2015

When Does a Hack Become an Act of War? - Wall Street Journal http://t.co/tdYOLCXH10

— Huw Drury (@huwdrury) June 13, 2015

If getting all personnel files on all government workers isn’t a cyber Pearl Harbor, what is? http://t.co/46sKals5iZ pic.twitter.com/3YIDwMz4Hp

— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 12, 2015