Eric Michael O'Neill was born on March 3,1973 and is an American former FBI counter-terrorism and counterintelligence operative.
12 Facts About Eric O'Neill
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Eric O'Neill worked as an Investigative Specialist with the Special Surveillance Group and played a major role in the arrest, conviction, and imprisonment of FBI agent Robert Hanssen for spying on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia.
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Eric O'Neill's book written about this experience, Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy, was published in spring 2019.
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Eric O'Neill is a public speaker and security expert who currently lectures internationally about espionage and national security, cybersecurity, fraud, corporate diligence and defense, hacking, and other topics.
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Eric O'Neill's subterfuge had apparently deceived Hanssen, as part of the dead drop contained an evaluation of Eric O'Neill's possibly replacing Hanssen as a mole when he retired.
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Eric O'Neill earned a JD with honors from The George Washington University Law School in 2003.
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Eric O'Neill has been admitted to the bar in Maryland and in the District of Columbia.
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In December 2008, Eric O'Neill left DLA Piper and accepted a position as General Counsel of Global Communities, formerly CHF International, a global humanitarian relief non-profit organization.
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In February 2009, Eric O'Neill co-founded The Georgetown Group, an investigative and risk management company.
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In July 2013, Eric O'Neill co-founded the Schiltron Group, a supply chain assurance and critical infrastructure protection company.
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On March 16,2016, Eric O'Neill was named National Security Strategist for Carbon Black, an endpoint security company.
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Eric O'Neill is portrayed by Ryan Phillippe in the 2007 thriller Breach, which depicts Eric O'Neill's role in the investigation and capture of Hanssen.