The US White House released declassified FBI documents disclosing that CCP beauty spy Fang Fang influenced American politics through sexual seduction, donations and other means, and that while working at Air China she served as a flight attendant aboard Hu Jintao's special plane.
The White House Transparency Task Force has released declassified FBI documents detailing the relationship and interactions between Fang Fang and former U.S. Representative Eric Swalwell.
U.S. President Trump disclosed that U.S. intelligence agencies have long been aware that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has obtained approximately 220 million U.S. voter records. Declassified documents indicate that Chinese intelligence agencies established a dedicated unit to analyze and exploit this data, designating the election database—which aggregates vast amounts of voter information—as a key intelligence target. This data is being monitored as part of China's long-term, systematic efforts to collect information on foreign citizens, with the incident involving concerns not only regarding election security but also the potential for personal data to be used for intelligence analysis and other strategic purposes.
U.S. President Donald Trump focused on election integrity in a national address, stating that China obtained more than 200 million U.S. voter registration files, and accusing the U.S. intelligence community of suppressing intelligence about China's multi-domain influence operations in 2020.
Reporter Catherine Herridge reported for the first time that a whistleblower exists within the U.S. intelligence community, alleging that intelligence about China's 2020 influence operations was deliberately suppressed by intelligence officials.
In 2023, Chinese hackers breached the U.S. Navy's Undersea Warfare Center, stealing submarine operations and military technology materials.
Former US Army helicopter pilot Shapour Moinian was contacted by fake tech recruiters via an employment website, provided aviation information to China, and made false statements on a security clearance review, resulting in a 20-month prison sentence in 2022.
In 2017, the financial data of about 147 million Americans was leaked from a U.S. credit reporting agency, and the U.S. Department of Justice subsequently charged four People's Liberation Army officers with taking part in the operation.
In 2015, Chinese agents infiltrated the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and stole security clearance background check files of more than 21 million current and former federal employees, including fingerprints, financial records, foreign contacts, psychological evaluations, marital issues, medical records and other sensitive background investigation materials.