This is concerning and should be immediately mitigated. The fact that Beijing is arguing that finding these communications devices atop and near these tall cranes in U.S. ports and objecting to them is 'paranoia' makes me see how many ways we are at risk in buying Chinese products.

The article claims this is happening:

The Homeland Security Committee also told ZMPC it was aware that the company made repeated requests for remote access to cranes and infrastructure at U.S. seaports, according to the WSJ.

The Biden administration announced in February it would invest over $20 billion in the production of domestically built cranes in a bid to move away from Chinese-manufactured versions, citing cybersecurity and espionage concerns. More broadly, U.S. intelligence agencies have raised alarm that China-backed cyber operations are targeting key American infrastructure systems, such as water or energy plants.

Has anyone followed up to see if that $20b actually went towards domestically built cranes yet?