Evans in WaPo: Why the latest government hack is worse than the Snowden affair

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When you read about the recent hack of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in which China is thought to have filched millions of security clearance application forms, you might have shrugged your shoulders. Just another hack, right? No big deal, right? Wrong. This cyberburglary is an even greater intelligence catastrophe than the Edward Snowden affair. And our negligent leaders, bureaucracies and their contractors need to be held responsible.

Read the rest of this op-ed at The Washington Post.

Ryan Evans is the editor-in-chief of War on the Rocks.

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