From Shanghai to the Shore: Threats in Global Shipping
Kenneth Miltenberger, Nicholas Fredericksen
DEF CON 33 · Day 2 · Main Stage
Lieutenant Commanders Kenneth Miltenberger and Nicholas Fredericksen of the United States Coast Guard present a maritime cybersecurity briefing focused on a specific, underappreciated threat: Chinese-
AI review
Active duty USCG Cyber Protection Team commanders present findings from hands-on assessments of ZPMC Ship-to-Shore cranes at US ports — undisclosed active cellular modems communicating with Chinese networks, default PLC credentials, flat OT/IT network segmentation — framed against the national security context of Chinese state-owned infrastructure in critical ports.