ALEX WILSON
China’s cyber program has already infiltrated critical American infrastructure and is poised to “wreak havoc” at a whim, the outgoing FBI director told “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
Christopher Wray, who plans to resign as President-elect Donald Trump takes office later this month, described the Chinese government as “the greatest-long-term threat” and the “defining threat of our generation,” due in part to its massive, state-funded cyber program.
During the interview with CBS’s Scott Pelley, Wray said Beijing can leverage those programs to target water treatment plants, the electrical grid, natural gas pipelines, telecommunications and other systems.
China has already pre-positioned malware to “lie in wait on those networks,” where it can “inflict real-world harm at a time and place of their choosing,” he told “60 Minutes.”
The FBI also believes that Beijing has already listened in on communications by high-level officials.
Wray didn’t confirm whom he suspects China has surveilled, but “60 Minutes” said it independently confirmed Beijing spied on communications from Donald Trump, Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign and U.S. national security figures, according to the televised interview.
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