Ex-White House Cyberspace Leader Warns of Threats

In her first public address since leaving the White House, Melissa Hathaway issued an urgent warning about the severity of the cyber threats facing America's digital networks, a message she tempered with a cautious optimism about the mounting political will toward addressing the challenges. Hathaway, the former White House acting senior director for cyberspace, resigned in August after leading a sweeping review of the federal cybersecurity apparatus that President Obama commissioned in February.