House Homeland Security and China panels press DHS for answers on threat from Chinese-made cranes at U.S. ports

The GOP leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee and the select committee on China are teaming up to renew demands for information and a Department of Homeland Security briefing on cyber threats from Chinese-made cranes at U.S. seaports, but the push is generating criticism from port operators as well as Democrats.

The two House panels “are conducting oversight of the presence of Chinese software and operational technology in U.S. port infrastructure. This includes software used for cranes, terminal industrial...