Stopping China’s cyber mischief

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Responding to longstanding security concerns over Huawei and other Chinese companies, two U.S. senators have introduced legislation to boost oversight of hardware and software from China.

The Manufacturing, Investment, and Controls Review for Computer Hardware, Intellectual Property, and Supply (MICROCHIPS) Act would direct the director of national intelligence, the Department of Defense, and other agencies to come up with a new supply chain security plan within 180 days of the bill’s passage and establish a National Supply Chain Security Center within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. As Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho, who sponsored the bill along with Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, explained in a statement: “Counterfeit and compromised electronics installed in U.S. military, government and critical civilian platforms give China potential backdoors to interfere with and compromise these systems.”

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