Alumnus and Former FBI Spy Hunter Changes Roles

Eric O'Neill, JD '03, has taken on a new position as special advisor to CyberSponse, Inc., a Phoenix company that helps businesses fight cybercrime. Mr. O'Neill is a former FBI operative best known for his role in bringing down Robert Hanssen, the infamous American agent who sold government secrets to the USSR during the Cold War. The incident was later made into the major motion picture, Breach. After leaving the FBI, Mr. O’Neill attended GW Law and co-founded the Georgetown Group, which specializes in cyber security vulnerability assessments, counterintelligence and counterterrorism operations, and investigations into economic espionage.