Today marks the 21st anniversary of the capture of the world’s first cyber-spy: Robert Hanssen. BigSpeak Exclusive Speaker Eric O’Neill worked as an undercover operative as Hanssen’s assistant with the goal of outing Hanssen as a foreign spy. Hanssen, a 25-year FBI veteran, was discovered passing classified documents to Russian agents.

Working as a “ghost” in the FBI, O’Neill was tasked with getting close to Hanssen and exposing his crimes. Knowing that Hannsen was armed at all times (O’Neil wasn’t), O’Neill needed not to blow his cover. 

The events of his life are the inspiration behind O’Neill’s best-selling novel Gray Day, and the critically-acclaimed dramatic thriller Breach, starring Ryan Philippe as O’Neill. The film, set inside the FBI, is the story of the greatest security breach in US history.

O’Neil’s best-selling novel Gray Day is available for purchase on Amazon.com, and you can watch the feature film Breach with Amazon Prime, Google Play, or iTunes. 

Eric O’Neill and many of our other wonderful speakers are available to speak at your next event! Please contact us at info@bigspeak.com to inquire.