An investigation by the House Homeland Security committee found cranes made by China and installed at U.S. ports included unreported communications equipment.
The investigation, which was also conducted by the House Select Committee on China, focused on 200 Chinese-made cranes at U.S. ports and facilities that included undocumented cellular modems that can be used for remote communication.
“Our Committees’ investigation found vulnerabilities in cranes at U.S. ports that could allow the to not only undercut trade competitors through espionage, but disrupt supply chains and the movement of cargo, devastating our nation’s economy,” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green said in ato CNN. “Without a swift sea-change, we will continue to gift the CCP with an easy means of infiltrating our critical infrastructure on their quest for global dominance.
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green delivers a statement as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a floor vote on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. . Cellular modems are not unusual for cranes, and these modems were not requested or documented.
China has dismissed the national security concerns as “paranoia,” according to Liu Pengyu, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in“We firmly oppose the U.S. overstretching the concept of national security and abusing national power to obstruct normal economic and trade cooperation between China and the U.S.,” Pengyu told CNN.
The finding also comes a month after Biden administration officials said they would invest over $20 billion over the next five years to replace the Chinese cranes with ones made by the U.S.
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