US cyber spies unmasked many more American identities in 2018

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US cyber spies unmasked many more American identities in 2018

17,000 citizens or residents in contact with foreign intelligence targets.

US cyber spies last year unmasked the identities of nearly 17,000 US citizens or residents who were in contact with foreign intelligence targets, a sharp increase from previous years attributed partly to hacking and other malicious cyber activity, according to a US government report released on ...

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