During an interview on 60 Minutes, outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray disclosed alarming details about the Chinese government’s infiltration of critical U.S. infrastructure after years of failed leadership.
According to Wray, the Chinese government has not only stolen unprecedented amounts of personal and corporate data but has also embedded malware in essential systems such as water treatment facilities, transportation networks, energy grids, gas pipelines, and telecommunications.
“China’s cyber program is by far and away the world’s largest,” Wray admitted.
“They have stolen more of Americans’ personal and corporate data than that of every nation combined. But even beyond the cyber theft, there’s another part of the Chinese cyber threat that I think has not gotten the attention it desperately deserves: their pre-positioning on American civilian critical infrastructure. They are lying in wait on those networks, ready to inflict real-world harm at a time and place of their choosing.”
When pressed by interviewer Scott Pelley, Wray confirmed that China’s cyber intrusions are not hypothetical—they’ve already insinuated malware into critical systems.
Scott Pelley:
The Chinese have already insinuated malware into critical American infrastructure.Chris Wray:
That’s correct.Scott Pelley:
Like what?Chris Wray:
Things like water treatment plants. We’re talking about transportation systems. We’re talking about targeting of our energy sector, the electric grid, natural gas pipelines. And recently, we’ve seen targeting of our telecommunications system.
WATCH:
FBI DIRECTOR WRAY: “The Chinese government is prepositioning on American civilian critical infrastructure to lie in wait on those networks to be in a position to wreak havoc & inflict real world harm at a time & place of their choosing.” pic.twitter.com/Q2jAX3ZAqz
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 12, 2025
While these revelations are undoubtedly alarming, this raise an even more pressing question: Why now? Why did Wray wait until a week before his forced retirement to alert the public to what he describes as one of the most pressing threats to national security?
Wray’s tenure as FBI Director will be remembered for focusing the Bureau’s resources on politically charged investigations that targeted Americans exercising their constitutional rights.
Under Wray’s leadership, the FBI pursued parents voicing concerns at school board meetings, labeled pro-life advocates as potential domestic terrorists, and launched a sweeping crackdown on January 6 protesters, including many who engaged in no violent activity.
Wray also infamously declared “white supremacy” as the greatest threat to the United States. All the while, a growing cyber threat from China was allowed to fester.
This is the same FBI that, under Wray’s leadership, became embroiled in scandals involving FISA abuses, politically motivated investigations, and suppression of key evidence in cases like the Hunter Biden laptop story.
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