A look inside the true nature of Chinese cyber threat at US ports

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In interviews with CNBC, top officials at some of the nation's largest ports stressed that the software to control their cranes does not come from China. Based on CNBC's research, the crane operational software being used by the ports are made by Switzerland's ABB, Germany's Siemens, Japanese software companies TMEIC and NIDEC, and equipment manufacturers Liebherr (German-Swiss multinational) and Konecranes (Finnish). CNBC also learned that ports use multiple layers of firewalls related to the cranes, which silo the equipment to protect the port infrastructure. The Chinese government has in recent years responded to the concerns as "paranoia-driven." The ZPMC has...