Wray: China is 'greatest long-term threat,' stole more Americans' data than rest of world combined

During a Senate Homeland Security hearing, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that China is the "greatest long-term threat" to U.S. national and economic security.

"The greatest long-term threat to our nation's ideas, innovation and economic security, our national security, is that from China," Wray said. "The Chinese government aspires to equal or surpass the U.S. as a global superpower and influence the world with a value system shaped by undemocratic, authoritarian ideals." Ronn Blitzer is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics and breaking news. 

Wray vowed that the FBI is "confronting that threat head on," citing the recent unsealing of charges against more than a dozen individuals, including Chinese intelligence officers in multiple criminal cases. He described the alleged offenses as "criminal efforts to exert influence right here in the U.S. on behalf of Beijing."