Leakage of State secrets to be plugged

Government officials may soon need to think twice before plugging their flash-disks loaded with State secrets into unsecured computers.

They will likely come under tighter surveillance to prevent leaks of confidential information, the top legislature was told yesterday during briefings on amendments to the Law on Guarding State Secrets.

The revision is a direct result of the sharp rise of computer-linked intelligence leaks in recent years, lawmakers were told.