U.S. Gov’t Knew China Accessed American Voter Data in 2020, But Kept It Secret

Headline USA - The United States expressed its anger when Great Britain revealed two years ago that China hacked its voter registration databases. But American intelligence concealed its own secret at the time, having known since 2020 that Beijing also obtained access to American voter registration data, according to documents reviewed by Just the News and interviews with officials possessing direct knowledge.

“[Redacted] Chinese intelligence officials analyzed multiple U.S. states’ [Redacted] election voter registration data, [Redacted] to conduct public opinion analysis on the 2020 US general election,” stated a once highly classified April 2020 National Intelligence Council memo entitled “Cyber Operations Enabling Expansive Authoritarianism.”

The Biden administration heavily redacted the memo and quietly declassified it two years after it was written, where it has escaped most public notice. Six years later, the U.S. intelligence community has still not fully informed the American people or Congress about the scope of evidence it possesses regarding China’s actions, how Beijing acquired the data, and what operations it has undertaken or considered.