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With the Albanese government flagging new powers over critical infrastructure providers to protect them from cyberattacks, Mr Wales highlighted the risks by saying China continued to try to get into US infrastructure for “future disruptive and destructive attacks”. US President Joe Biden last month instigated an investigation into technology embedded in Chinese-made electric vehicles. Officials said they could be used to track where people drive their vehicles, or even disabled remotely. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reported this month a congressional probe of Chinese-made cargo cranes at US ports were fitted with modems that politicians feared could be accessed covertly....
