Personal data security

Intelligence Experts: US May Be Wary About Sending Spies Abroad After Chinese Hack

Intelligence and security experts say a recent breach of U.S. federal employee data by Chinese hackers could abruptly bring the country’s strategy of basing secret U.S. intelligence units abroad to a halt. Government records containing the Social Security numbers of 21.5 million federal employees and their spouses or partners were stolen from the computer systems of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in a massive hack that was first made public in June.