Bill Evanina, former Director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center, recently appeared on CBS’ 60 Minutes where he warned that Beijing is attempting to collect and exploit Americans’ health care information, including their DNA. He also claimed that China has stolen the personally identifiable information of 80% of Americans, using "less-than-honorable" methods to steal data, including hacking healthcare companies and technology, such as smart homes, sensors and 5G networks.
According to an IBTimes report, Evanina said the BGI Group, a large biotech firm, which has close ties to Beijing's military and government, approached Washington and five other states with offers to build and run state-of-the-art coronavirus testing labs. The Chinese firm promised to "provide technical expertise, high throughput sequences" and "make additional donations" to the states.