China hacks US CIA, Kills 20 Informants

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/world/asia/china-cia-spies-espionage.html

Both the CIA and the FBI declined to comment on reports saying the
Chinese government killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources from 2010
to 2012 and dismantled the agency's spying operations in the country.
It is described as one of the worst intelligence breaches in decades,
current and former American officials told the New York Times.
Investigators were uncertain whether the breach was a result of a
double agent within the CIA who had betrayed the U.S. or whether the
Chinese had hacked the communications system used by the agency to be
in contact with foreign sources. The Times reported Saturday citing
former American officials from the final weeks of 2010 till the end of
2012, the Chinese killed up to 20 CIA sources.