Posted on 03/07/2024 9:18:59 PM PST by caww
An investigation has revealed suspicious communications devices inside Chinese-made cargo cranes used widely at US ports, supporting fears that the equipment could be part of an espionage plot.
Cranes made by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), a state-owned Chinese company, in some cases carry cellular modems, according to a congressional investigation reported by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
The modems offer a potential backdoor for remote access, and do not appear to support the normal operations of the equipment, the investigation found.
The discovery of the modems, which had not been previously disclosed, supports growing fears in US intelligence circles that Chinese cranes could be used to covertly monitor US ports, or even sabotage their operations.
Chinese firms make nearly 80 percent of the cranes used in US ports, after years of undercutting domestic suppliers on price.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Continued......House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican, told the Journal that the Chinese government ‘is looking for every opportunity to collect valuable intelligence and position themselves to exploit vulnerabilities by systematically burrowing into America’s critical infrastructure.
‘The United States has clearly overlooked this threat for far too long,’ he added.
Quelle Surprise!
Years ago our CIA would have been on this. Today...
>> ‘The United States has clearly overlooked this threat for far too long,’ he added
But they’ve got a really excellent dossier on which American citizens are participating in school board meetings to prevent the subversion of our precious children.
You have to keep your focus on your priorities!
(A vicious infectious pox on the vermin inhabiting our DHS and State departments. And DOJ as well.)
The Chinese our enemies? No kidding...
...they're the ones installing them for their globalist masters while pretending they're from China.
bttt
They have found various kinds of espionage and sabotage devices inside of them. Most insidious are devices that fail the transformers in such a way that they create power surges that take out the rest of the power infrastructure in the system. .
Thanks, free traitors. I hope that $.10 you thought you were going to save on communist made paint brushes makes up for what you did to this country.
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