This isnt related to ops point, other than starshield is a interesting thing to name his network.

What bout those chinese backdoors into the cranes that they use at the commercial ports.

On February 29, a joint letter from the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence Committee on Homeland Security and the Select Committee on China was sent to the Chinese manufacturer of the cranes, ZPMC, inquiring about "certain components" including cellular modems installed on cranes that were not part of contracts with ports management and have no identified purpose.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/a-look-inside-the-true-nature-of-chinese-cyber-threat-at-us-ports.html

Backdoors in everything by everyone it seems. Yet no one can even secure their shit, microsoft for example.

I wouldn't be surprised if they audit/inspect the hardware and designs before trusting it for top secret/ "national security" uses.