A former CIA officer on Monday said that President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida is a “gaping hole” for foreign intelligence agents to target.

Former CIA officer Lisa Ruth’s comments on CBS News comes just days after a woman from China was arrested for allegedly entering Mar-a-Lago with two Chinese passports, four cellphones and a thumb drive reportedly containing malicious software.

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Since Yujing Zhang’s arrest last weekend, Mar-a-Lago, which Trump has dubbed the “Winter White House,” has been under increased scrutiny for its security measures.

"If you are there for legitimate business reasons, it seems odd that you would have malware on your thumb drive, right?" Ruth asked. "This looks very much like a Chinese espionage intelligence operation.”

CBS News noted Trump was nearby, golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., when Zhang was apprehended.

"Certainly President Trump is the biggest target, but there's a lot of other people at Mar-a-Lago who have access or information or intelligence," Ruth said. "You have seasonal employees who are certainly not cleared like a White House employee is going to be. Recruit any of them and you've got a lot of information."

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.) was briefed on the incident by Secret Service last week.

Trump called the incident a “fluke situation” and said he is not concerned at all about security at Mar-a-Lago.

Zhang is due in court Monday on charges of lying to federal agents and entering a restricted building.