Updated There's another Chinese-made product — joining the likes of TikTok, cars and semiconductors — that poses a national security risk to Americans: electronic locks, like those used in safes.
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In a letter to the director of the US National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) Michael Casey, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) urged the White House's threat intelligence arm to sound the alarm about commercial safes and locks. He also accused the Fed of intentionally keeping American companies in the dark about the data security risk of trade secrets and other sensitive IP while "quietly shielding government agencies from it."
NCSC spokesperson Dean Boyd told The Register "We have received the senator's letter and are reviewing it."
Most commercially available safes include manufacturer reset codes for their locks to help consumers if they lose or forget the code they set. However, government agencies and law enforcement agencies can request access to these codes – usually via a warrant or subpoena, and ostensibly to help investigate a crime or address some sort of national security concern.
