It can no longer be denied that China is at war against the United States. In a recent speech to the Chinese Communist Party leadership, Xi Jinping made plain anyone confronting China will run into a “great wall of steel forged by over 1.4 billion Chinese people.” In 2019 he announced their new “Long March,” specifically aimed at their competition with the West, and the U.S. in particular. Nowhere is China’s war with the U.S. more widespread and effective than their continued theft of US technology and sensitive data, through such marquee names as Lenovo.
Having built their capabilities over the last 20 years, China’s theft of our data and technology has now become pervasive. In July of 2019 the U.S. Dept of Defense issued a report detailing the potential national security threat from purchases of “commercial off-the-shelf” (COTS) hardware and software from Chinese-owned or controlled companies. Heavily redacted, it very clearly states “…adversaries and malicious actors use [COTS] to introduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities into DoD weapons system and information technology networks that use COTS.” Plainly speaking, it means their technology is laden with spyware and other vulnerabilities.
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