Well... at one point the loser in the cyber war might decide real bullets can compensate for a loss in cyberspace...
I wouldn't count on China coming out on top at that point.
But more than likely it will stay just short of that and be like a fly that is just annoying enough not to walk inside for the flyswatter. Incidentally, what would China want with personal records of US government employees? Is it going to send them all spam or order stuff on Amazon using their bank accounts or something?
On HN I can assume anyone can make a bullet list of reasons you don't want the Chinese to have unfettered access to American systems. I'll start a short one:
I wouldn't count on China coming out on top at that point.
But more than likely it will stay just short of that and be like a fly that is just annoying enough not to walk inside for the flyswatter. Incidentally, what would China want with personal records of US government employees? Is it going to send them all spam or order stuff on Amazon using their bank accounts or something?