China had previously been accused of breaching a person's privacy and collecting DNA. The Chinese government may have stolen personal data from 80% of American adults, according to a "60 Minutes" report.
"Foreign powers can collect, store and exploit biometric information from covid tests," the advisory read. "Knowing that BGI is a Chinese company, do we understand where that data's going?".
Evanina also claimed that China used "Less-than-honorable" methods to steal data from foreign countries, including hacking health care companies and technology - such as smart homes, sensors and 5G networks-in the U.S. to collect Americans' personal data.
"Current estimates are that 80% of American adults have had all of their personally identifiable information stolen by the Communist Party of China," he said.
The information collected from various technology, when combined with a person's biodata, can be used to bypass doctors and help Chinese companies create a monopoly over treatments and medicine that could improve a person's health.
In July 2020, The New York Times reported that police in China were using U.S. equipment to collect blood samples from Chinese men and boys in an effort to build a genetic map of China's male population.
Thermo Fisher, an American company, helped manufacture and provide Chinese police with testing kits needed to collect the samples.
https://www.ibtimes.com/china-has-stolen-personal-data-80-american-adults-report-3134525
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