Between July 2017 and Jan. 2018, US Army officials accidentally sent immigrant recruits a confidential list containing sensitive information on over 4,200 immigrant recruits on at least three separate occasions.
According to US Congressman Tom Malinowski, who served in the State Department under President Barack Obama, the breach endangers hundreds of recruits from countries like China and Russia whose work for the US army could result in imprisonment or even a death sentence.
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