China Is Trying to Steal Data From US Government and You

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🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

A cybersecurity battle is raging. In recent weeks, Chinese hackers stole, or attempted to steal, terabytes of data from the U.S. government, businesses, and private individuals. Digital predators gained access to the Twitter accounts of Elon Musk, former President Barack Obama, and other high-profile individuals. And President Donald Trump says he is considering banning the Chinese-made app TikTok over security concerns.

Klon Kitchen, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Technology Policy, joins the podcast to explain the severity of America’s cybersecurity threats, what actions the government should take, and how you can keep your personal information safe from hackers.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, August 3rd. I'm Robert Bluey.
0:09.4	And I'm Virginia Allen. Rob, you know, it's so hard to believe that we are already in August,
0:15.0	but here we are and we're kicking off the month
0:17.3	with a really timely conversation
0:19.1	with Klon Kitchen, director of the Heritage Foundation's
0:22.2	Center for Technology Policy,
0:24.0	Kitchen explains what information Chinese hackers stole from America
0:28.0	regarding a COVID-19 vaccine,
0:31.0	and whether or not any of our information is safe on social media platforms.
0:35.6	We also share your letters to the editor and we have a good news story about a mom who won a little
0:40.4	money playing the lottery but decided to give it all to a Kansas City police
0:44.6	officer who was recently shot in the line of duty despite having lost her job during the
0:50.0	pandemic. Before we get to today's show, Rob and I want to tell you about an entertaining
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