80 percent of cranes used at US ports are Chinese made

These cranes are not just dumb cranes but are packed with sensors and A.I. thanks to China; who can spy on everything moving through the port and probably push a button via the internet and stop all cranes from functioning. A real cyber risk ?


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Do they get the shipping info of every box?
If not, what info are they capable of sharing?
I would be more worried about the safety and electronic longevity of these things than any info they gather.

A chinese spy working at a harbour would be far more efficient.

www.marinelog.com...

The White House has announced a series of measures being taken by the Biden administration to enhance cybersecurity in U.S. ports and, in particular, address the threat posed by Chinese-manufactured port cranes. They include providing funding to rebuild America’s industrial capacity to produce port cranes with trusted partners.

The measures to counter the cybersecurity threat from the Chinese port cranes include a new Executive Order

Additionally, the U.S. Coast Guard is to issue a Maritime Security Directive on cyber risk management actions for ship-to-shore cranes manufactured by the People’s Republic of China located at U.S. commercial strategic seaports. Owners and operators of these port cranes must acknowledge the directive and take a series of actions on these cranes and associated information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. This action is seen as a vital step to securing the U.S. maritime infrastructure’s digital ecosystem and addresses several vulnerabilities that have been identified in an updated U.S. Maritime Advisory, 2024-00X – Worldwide Foreign Adversarial Technological, Physical, and Cyber Influence, that was released today.

I'm amazed that the Biden admin is dealing with this, considering their friendship with Beijing. they must have some serious hard intel about this potential threat.
coincidently, at this writing, a bunch of A&T nets are down.

cyberwar is the future? will not be fun.

China owns 2/3 of the world’s 50 biggest ports.
They can do what they want and nobody would ever know as long as the cash keeps coming in.

a reply to: 727Sky

Evidently, everything is well and good if 80 percent of those cranes came from China, about 80 percent of everything they unload is stuff our companies either ordered/made from China or junk stuff that the American public buys.

What's the problem?

originally posted by: Coelacanth55
www.marinelog.com...

The White House has announced a series of measures being taken by the Biden administration to enhance cybersecurity in U.S. ports and, in particular, address the threat posed by Chinese-manufactured port cranes. They include providing funding to rebuild America’s industrial capacity to produce port cranes with trusted partners.

The measures to counter the cybersecurity threat from the Chinese port cranes include a new Executive Order

Additionally, the U.S. Coast Guard is to issue a Maritime Security Directive on cyber risk management actions for ship-to-shore cranes manufactured by the People’s Republic of China located at U.S. commercial strategic seaports. Owners and operators of these port cranes must acknowledge the directive and take a series of actions on these cranes and associated information technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) systems. This action is seen as a vital step to securing the U.S. maritime infrastructure’s digital ecosystem and addresses several vulnerabilities that have been identified in an updated U.S. Maritime Advisory, 2024-00X – Worldwide Foreign Adversarial Technological, Physical, and Cyber Influence, that was released today.

I'm amazed that the Biden admin is dealing with this, considering their friendship with Beijing. they must have some serious hard intel about this potential threat.
coincidently, at this writing, a bunch of A&T nets are down.

cyberwar is the future? will not be fun.

Star for that one. Here is something to consider . . .

Butler County sheriff ramps up training, security after FBI warning of terror attacks
By Lauren Pack Updated Feb 7, 2024

At the National Sheriff’s Association Conference in Washington, D.C, last week, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones heard warnings from the FBI of imminent terrorist attacks on the U.S., and he is out to make sure his department is prepared.

“It’s not if they are going to attack, it’s just when they are,” Jones said. “There are people already here who have come to this country who hate us and want to kill us.”

Lines of attack, he said he was told, will be through cyber attacks, crippling power grids, train derailments and cells of armed terrorists who target multiple areas of the country.

. . . Jones said the Chinese have the U.S. outnumbered 50 to 1 in people working on cyber attacks and prevention.

“Their deal is to cause us disruption in our county. To cause chaos in our country, not like next week — now. From the red flags and chatter that they (FBI) are hearing,” he said.

Jones said the FBI also said people have come across the border to “do harm to us … that they have never seen it this bad.”

Thousands of people are working to disrupt the country, including national and local elections, he said.

“They told us we need to be prepared to talk to local county election people to be prepared,” Jones said. “They want us to lose faith in our government.”

He said big cities will not just be the target, terrorists also will hit in smaller cities and rural areas where people typically feel safe.

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Umm..... OK?

"How many Chinamen are hiding in these cranes? Yes or No?"

"Does this mean that whenever a crane is operated, a Chinaman flies over to the crane and operates it from the inside while stealing my Facebook Data? Yes or No?"

............. We've come full circle to the "Red Scare 2020's Edition" and it's quite tiring.