CIA to Pull Spies From China
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 07/29/2015 09:36 AM
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The New York Times reported Friday that the CIA is considering removing its spies from China.
The move is based on the theory that China was responsible for the hack on the OPM (Office of Personnel Management). The hack could have exposed information on 21.5 million current and former government employees which might be used to identify the CIA operatives in China.
Officials fear that by applying big data analytics to the information amassed from the breaches as well as other sources, China could put enough pieces together to identify the spies.
Admiral Michael S. Rogers, director, National Security Agency stated that: Any organization in possession of that information could gain “great insight potentially used for counterintelligence purposes. If I'm interested in trying to identify U.S. persons who may be in my country…there are interesting insights from the data you take from OPM.”
Source: SCMagazine
The move is based on the theory that China was responsible for the hack on the OPM (Office of Personnel Management). The hack could have exposed information on 21.5 million current and former government employees which might be used to identify the CIA operatives in China.Officials fear that by applying big data analytics to the information amassed from the breaches as well as other sources, China could put enough pieces together to identify the spies.
Admiral Michael S. Rogers, director, National Security Agency stated that: Any organization in possession of that information could gain “great insight potentially used for counterintelligence purposes. If I'm interested in trying to identify U.S. persons who may be in my country…there are interesting insights from the data you take from OPM.”
Source: SCMagazine
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