A year-long probe led by GOP members of two House panels found that numerous seaports around the U.S. contain technology originating from Chinese manufacturers that could enable espionage and sabotage.
The study conducted by lawmakers and staff on the House Homeland Security Committee and Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party said that it was an “open secret” around port operators that Chinese crane manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Company Limited — or ZPMC — would “pressure” them to provide remote access into the system on grounds that it can help with equipment monitoring and diagnostics.
Read more…
Source: Next Gov News
Related:
- Hacker claims to have hacked the FBI, but it wasn’t
January 5, 2017
A hacker yesterday claimed to have hacked the FBI’s website running on Plone CMS, but it seems it wasn’t hacked using any zero-day vulnerability in Plone. We contacted Plone security team and updated this story (see below) with official statements.A hacker, using Twitter handle CyberZeist, has claimed to have hacked the FBI’s website (fbi.gov) and ...
- 11 Gigabytes of Sensitive Data Belonging to US DoD Staff Exposed
January 5, 2017
Personal details of doctors who are deployed in the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM or SOCOM) have been exposed due to a security vulnerability discovered in a server operated by health services contractor Potomac Healthcare Solutions. MacKeeper Security Researcher Chris Vickery discovered in late December that Potomac, which provides healthcare workers to the government through ...