ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

Hackers who breached Google database may have sought identities of Chinese spies in U.S.

 

“Knowing that you were subjects of an investigation allows them to take steps to destroy information, get people out of the country,” said one former official, who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a highly sensitive matter.

The official said the Chinese could also have sought to deceive U.S. intelligence officials by conveying false or misleading information.