China Outs US Hackers for Attack, a New Frontier in Spy Games

China’s outing of alleged US National Security Agency hackers marks a major escalation in the ongoing tit-for-tat between Chinese and American intelligence agencies, according to analysts.

Chinese authorities Tuesday said three NSA employees hacked the Asian Winter Games held this year in Harbin, accusing them of targeting systems that held vast amounts of personal information on people involved in the event. The hacks “severely endangered the security of China’s critical information infrastructure, national defense, finance, society, production, as well as citizens’ personal information,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters.