{"id":119224,"date":"2021-02-05T18:38:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119224"},"modified":"2021-02-05T18:42:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T23:42:18","slug":"report-china-is-stealing-dna-of-u-s-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-china-is-stealing-dna-of-u-s-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: China is Stealing DNA of U.S. Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-china-is-stealing-dna-of-u-s-citizens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119224&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-flag-2-e1598041910929.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Chinese Communist Party is stealing U.S. citizens&#8217; DNA and health care data, according to a new&nbsp;<\/span>Director of National Intelligence&nbsp;report.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/NCSC\/documents\/SafeguardingOurFuture\/NCSC_China_Genomics_Fact_Sheet_2021.pdf\">report<\/a>, which comes from the director&#8217;s counterintelligence and security center, says China illegally exploits data from American medical records to obtain DNA identification patterns, also known as PII, for &#8220;much of the U.S. population.&#8221; China can use this information to target Americans, according to the report.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0\">\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/report-china-is-stealing-dna-of-american-citizens\/\"><strong>Report: China is Stealing DNA of U.S. Citizens<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/university-of-michigan-demands-1200-for-china-documents\/\"><strong>University of Michigan Demands $1,200 for China Documents<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class><a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/gop-legislative-push-seeks-to-stop-biden-admin-from-unraveling-iran-sanctions\/\"><strong>GOP Legislative Push Seeks to Stop Biden Admin from Unraveling Iran Sanctions<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The combination of stolen PII, personal health information, and large genomic data sets collected from abroad affords the PRC vast opportunities to precisely target individuals in foreign governments, private industries, or other sectors for potential surveillance, manipulation, or extortion,&#8221; the report reads. &#8220;Such data sets could help the PRC not only recruit individuals abroad but also act against foreign dissidents.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beijing has extracted the personal data of American citizens in several ways, including cyberattacks on the federal government. In 2014, China conducted a large-scale hack of the White House&#8217;s Office of Personnel Management, obtaining the personal information of some 21 million Americans. Some of the stolen data included information on security clearances for U.S. government personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government has worked with genetic testing companies tied to China in its pandemic response, potentially disclosing large quantities of American health care data to the Communist nation, the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/u-s-handing-china-americans-private-health-care-data\/\">reported<\/a> in December.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Communist Party is stealing U.S. citizens&#8217; DNA and health care data, according to a new\u00a0Director of National Intelligence\u00a0report. 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