You’re on File: Exclusive Inside Story on China’s Database of Americans

You’re on File: Exclusive Inside Story on China’s Database of Americans

Originally published on Epoch Times.

 

An insider in China has revealed to the Epoch Times that he helped build a database that is now being used to handle Americans’ personal information stolen in cyberattacks.

The FBI revealed on June 4, 2015, that a cyberattack, allegedly from China, stole personal information on close to 21.5 million U.S. federal employees after breaking into the computer files of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Subsequent Chinese cyberattacks have also targeted personal data on Americans, including the February 2015 breach of Anthem that stole close to 80 million records.

Speculation began soon after on how the Chinese regime could use the data. A July 2015 report from the Congressional Research Service states “experts in and out of government” suspect the Chinese regime may be building a database on federal employees it could use for espionage.

With a database like this, the Chinese regime can have a systematic roadmap of Americans and their connections, and information it can use to blackmail government employees, recruit insiders as spies, and monitor people who speak out against its policies.

FBI Director James Comey said in a Sept. 10, 2015, hearing on cybersecurity, “There is a significant counterintelligence threat that’s associated” with a nation–state getting hold of the data.

According to the insider, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has built the database needed to make use of the massive trove of stolen data. He said that to create the spy database, the CCP brought in a small group of independent software developers from the United States, who worked alongside Chinese security branches to implement the system.

The source requested to have his name withheld, in fear of reprisal from the CCP. Other sources confirmed this man’s identity, and said that he would have access to the kind of information he gave the Epoch Times. In the past, he has provided the Epoch Times with significant information about confidential matters in China that has proven accurate.

 

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