5 Questions For Cybersecurity Expert Bruce Schneier After the Latest White House Hacking

Democrats didn't need this: Another cyberattack on an unclassified White House computer network (and unconfirmed reports of Russian involvement) in the closing days of a midterm election in which voter frustration toward President Barack Obama, government dysfunction and national security fears already are hurting their chances of hanging onto control of the Senate.

Chinese hackers reportedly targeted White House staffers' Gmail accounts in 2011. The next year, Chinese hackers reportedly used spear phishing to break into an unclassified network of the White House Military Office. But the problem didn't start with Obama–attempted cyberattacks on the White House date at least to 2008, during George W. Bush's administration. And U.S. Cyber Command, the military arm formed to ward off against cyberattacks, was launched under his administration. So should Obama get blame, credit or sympathy for this modern problem?