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The National Institute of Standards and Technology\u2019s publications can be as comprehensive as they are tedious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the memo\u2019s timing is auspicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese hackers stole \u201cmassive amounts of highly sensitive data related to undersea warfare\u201d from a Navy contractor, the Washington Post reported June 8, The episode is one of the most publicized raids on American digital secrets at the hands of a foreign government in recent memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 20, lawmakers appear to have been briefed on the hack. Rep. 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