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INFOGRAPHIC🔎The #CCP has made collecting #Healthcare data, including genetic information, a national priority. (Thread👇)

Genomic data can be weaponized by #Beijing to target Americans for intelligence and military operations. theepochtimes.com/infographic-cc…

The #CCP's newest five-year plan covering the period until the end of 2025 named “genetic and biotechnology research” as a key area essential to “national security and overall development.”

Americans’ DNA information is particularly valuable to #China due to the ethnic diversity of the US population.

This is because varied data sets are more useful in research to identify genetic diseases.

Genetic data combined with other personal information stolen in previous #CyberAttacks could be used by #Beijing to “precisely target” individuals in the US government or companies for potential “surveillance, manipulation, or extortion,” @NCSCgov said.

Chinese companies have for years invested in US firms that handle sensitive #Healthcare and #PersonalData, granting them entry into the US market and access to this data.

Former @NCSCgov Director William Evanina warned that BGI’s labs were like trojan horses: By setting up its gene-sequencing equipment in the US, the company could later exploit the equipment to mine Americans’ genetic information.

Chinese companies offering low-cost gene sequencing services have also formed partnerships with US hospitals, universities, and research institutes.

A 2019 report found that at least 15 Chinese firms were licensed to perform genetic testing or sequencing on US patients.

The #CCP regime has amassed vast amounts of US #Healthcare and other #PersonalData through several massive #Cyberhacks in recent years.

/END/ INFOGRAPHIC: CCP Collects Americans’ DNA

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