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China makes progress on DNA—bioweapon against Westerners: Cybersecurity expert warning

Source: thebl.com thebl.com
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A U.S. cybersecurity former official reveals that the Chinese government is using businesses to collect American DNA to construct digital representations of them. He expressed his concern that the CCP would deploy a bioweapon based on DNA to use against Westerners. John Mills, the former director of the U.S. Defense Department, told China in Focus, “They can create these complex models of each of us. They’re making digital twins of us.” A digital twin is a virtual model that accurately reflects a physical object. For illustration, Mills used the BGI Group, a major producer of COVID testing. In 2017, the…

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