Trojan currents: Chinese threats embedded in technology

Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping

In an era of intensifying global power competition, national defense is no longer confined to battlefields or cyberspace. The front lines now run through our energy infrastructure. Recent reporting has revealed that certain Chinese-manufactured solar inverters installed across the U.S. grid contain undocumented communications modules-essentially Trojan horse components embedded in critical infrastructure.

This discovery isn’t just a technical vulnerability, it’s a legal fault line.