Hundreds of immigrant recruits risk 'death sentence' after Army bungles data, lawmaker says

Army officials inadvertently disclosed sensitive information of hundreds of immigrant recruits from nations such as China and Russia, in a breach that could aid hostile governments in persecuting them or their families, a lawmaker and former U.S. officials said.

A spreadsheet intended for internal coordination among recruiters was accidentally sent to recruits and contained names, full Social Security numbers and enlistment dates. The list was sent out inadvertently at least three times between July 2017 and Jan. 2018.

The breach prompted at least a dozen asylum claims amid concern that if the list were intercepted and recruits are forced to return to autocratic nations such as China or Russia, their enlistments would be harnessed to punish recruits or their families with jail time, harsh interrogations or worse, said Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), a former human rights official in the State Department under President Barack Obama.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hundreds-of-immigrant-recruits-risk-death-sentence-after-army-bungles-data-lawmaker-says/ar-BBUrWkJ?ocid=spartandhp