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US intelligence chief: China top suspect in government agency hacks

 

US intelligence chief James Clapper said on Thursday that China was the top suspect in the massive hacking of a US government agency that compromised the personnel records of millions of Americans.

The comments from Clapper, the director of National Intelligence (DNI), were first reported in The Wall Street Journal and marked the first time the Obama administration has publicly accused Beijing of the hacking attacks on the Office of Personnel Management.

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