International South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they're designed to transmit data to a Chinese server

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South Korea removed 1,300 cameras from its military bases after discovering they're designed to feed back to a Chinese server​

By Mia Jankowicz



South Korea's military has been forced to remove over 1,300 surveillance cameras from its bases after learning that they could be used to transmit signals to China, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported.

The cameras, which were supplied by a South Korean company, "were found to be designed to be able to transmit recorded footage externally by connecting to a specific Chinese server," the outlet reported an unnamed military official as saying.

Korean intelligence agencies discovered the cameras' Chinese origins in July during an examination of military equipment, the outlet said.

While some of the cameras were near the border with North Korea, they weren't monitoring it and were instead focused on training bases and fences, the official said.

"No data has actually been leaked," they added.

Around 100 of the cameras have been replaced with locally-produced equipment, Yonhap reported.

The announcement comes amid a crackdown in many Western countries on Chinese-made surveillance equipment, amid fears of loose security practices and ties to the Chinese state.

Two Chinese manufacturers, Dahua and Hikvision, were blacklisted by the Trump administration in 2019 after being tied to human rights abuses of China's Uyghur population.

Since then, seven more Chinese or Chinese-backed telecommunications and video surveillance companies have been added to an FCC ban list.

The UK has also barred Hikvision cameras from some sensitive government sites, while in February last year Australia began removing hundreds of Hikvision and Dahua products from its government buildings.

Even so, a Radio Free Europe investigation revealed in May that a large number of European countries remain dependent on inexpensive Dahua and Hikvisions security cameras — even at sensitive sites like military bases and police headquarters.

The Chinese manufacturer of the equipment used at the Korean military bases wasn't named, but according to Yonhap, the military is considering legal action against the supplier, which is suspected of falsifying paperwork on the cameras' origins.

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[Deleted member 585708]

With this and the pagers thing, it might be time for people to start developing their own tech in-house if they want it to be trustworthy.

Buying your electronics and electronic systems from rivals is dumb.

 

[High Test With da Best]

With this and the pagers thing, it might be time for people to start developing their own tech in-house if they want it to be trustworthy.

Buying your electronics and electronic systems from rivals is dumb.

On a related note I keep wondering what the US is is going to demand of Ukraine for all the aid these years once that war is over.

 

[fungi]

If even South Korea buys cameras for its military bases from China, imagine the rest of the world. People have already given up.

P.s. President Xi, I welcome our new "CCP overlords".

 

[Yehudim]

Hilarious. Better late than never.

 

[The Diplomat]

On a related note I keep wondering what the US is is going to demand of Ukraine for all the aid these years once that war is over.

They're demanded to be good at killing Russians.

 

[Staph infection]

If even South Korea buys cameras for its military bases from China, imagine the rest of the world. People have already given up.

P.s. President Xi, I welcome our new "CCP overlords".

None of us will be around for it but the final world war will be between the CCP and Islam. It will be a glorious battle.

 

[Deleted member 585708]

None of us will be around for it but the final world war will be between the CCP and Islam. It will be a glorious battle.

Did you mean: 'Space Marines vs Tyranids'?

 

[Beechwood]

Interesting. That is troubling. We're so reliant upon China for a large percentage of our products, yet China is not a friendly country to the US and our allies. It is not a healthy situation. I wouldn't mind see greater incentives for products being made in America, or with allies such as S. Korea, Japan, etc.

 

[LeonardoBjj]

If even South Korea buys cameras for its military bases from China, imagine the rest of the world. People have already given up.

P.s. President Xi, I welcome our new "CCP overlords".

- They're laughing at Pentagon "secret" talks now!

 

[blaseblase]

On a related note I keep wondering what the US is is going to demand of Ukraine for all the aid these years once that war is over.

Nothing. The money is serving it's purpose.

 

[Staph infection]

Did you mean: 'Space Marines vs Tyranids'?

I mean what I said. They are the only two groups who stick to the their guns and only care about progressing their causes and beliefs. The west is full of soft fools who are being overrun and controlled by these two groups. It will be great when the Muslims start taking over the western enclaves of the Globalists.

 

[Blayt7hh]

Whoopsie