Tech manufacturers are leaving the door open for Chinese hacking, Easterly warns

The head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned Monday of potentially dire consequences if technology manufacturers fail to bolster the security of their products, in a blistering speech about the dangers posed in cyberspace by China.

Technology providers have “normalized the deviant behavior of operating at the bleeding edge of the accident boundary,” CISA Director Jen Easterly said in a speech at Carnegie Mellon University. The industry’s culture of rushing products to market is dangerous to consumers and …

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