A leaked database of 2 million Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members revealed that thousands of Chinese communist members infiltrated U.S., U.K., and Australian government agencies and companies, new reports revealed over the weekend.
The database leak, originally reported by The Australian, revealed the identities of nearly 2 million CCP members, thousands of which were discovered to be employed by western businesses and government agencies, and 79,000 branches of the CCP.
The Australian described more than 7,000 CCP members identified in just seven major global companies.
- Volkswagen: 5,700
- Boeing: 287
- AstraZeneca: 54
- Pfizer: 69
- QualCom: 229
- Hewlett-Packard: 390
- HSBC: 345
Boeing and QualComm are just two companies identified with U.S. military contracts. Aerospace giant Boeing has billions of dollars worth of contracts with the U.S. military, while QualComm manufactures computer chips and other hardware for the U.S. Department of Defense’s IT systems and more.
AstraZeneca and Pfizer are two major pharmaceutical companies that have been involved in the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine development.
Investigators cross-referenced the database with CCP members’ names on the list, discovering that some infiltrators even gained roles as senior political and government affairs specialists. CCP members used a recruitment agency to infiltrate U.S., British, and Australian consulates in Shanghai, China.
An intelligence officer told The Australian that CCP members working in governments “is a totally unacceptable security risk,” adding, ‘In some cases, they go beyond being a security risk, and actually do the bidding of China in attempting to influence governments overseas. The recent raids in Sydney are an example of this.”
The infiltration efforts reportedly spanned for more than a decade. Although investigators did not find evidence that the CCP members had spied for China, security experts warned that sensitive information could potentially reach China through the CCP members.
By RYAN MORGAN
