Russia, China said to use hacked databases to find US spies

Foreign spy agencies, including those from Russia and China, are cross-checking hacked databases to identify U.S. intelligence operatives, according to a news report.

One secret network of U.S. engineers and scientists providing technical assistance to the country’s overseas undercover agencies has been compromised, according to a story Monday in the Los Angeles Times.

Foreign intelligence agencies are cross-referencing several compromised databases, whose information includes security clearance applications and airline records, to identify U.S. intelligence agents, the report said.

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