House Homeland Security leaders, new China select committee probe DHS cyber work on ports and Chinese cranes

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) and three of his subcommittee chairs are seeking detailed information from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on DHS efforts to address cyber vulnerabilities at maritime ports, with an emphasis on risks posed by Chinese manufactured cranes that also have the attention of the new House select committee on China.

“We are particularly concerned about technology employed by Chinese-manufactured cranes operating in U.S. ports, which significantly increases the cybersecurity risk to business operations systems...