...The cameras are suspect because the companies that developed and manufactured them are headquartered in China, meaning they are required by law to co-operate with Chinese intelligence agencies. As well, they have direct links back to Beijing...
[...](US cyber research firm) IPVM analyst Charles Rollet said there were risks in installing devices from the two companies (Hikvision & Dahua). “Having those devices in a sensitive location is a risk because these two companies are very closely tied to the Chinese government – Hikvision is literally a part of the Chinese .gov,’’ he said. “Their controlling shareholder and their chairman is basically a member of the Chinese government. And any Chinese company is subject to Article 7 of the Natl. Intelligence Law which requires it to co-operate with Chinese intelligence.’’ Mr Rollet is following the debate in Australia and noted China’s complaints that Australia was “overstretching’’ nat. security concerns after Defence Minister Richard Marles announced 42 cameras would be stripped from Defence properties. Defence is understood to be seeking out any cameras from Chinese companies, including Hikvision, Dahua, Huawei, ZTE & Hytera, and removing them from Defence assets. “A decade ago the Chinese government decided to rip out foreign cameras from their own systems,’’ Mr Rollet said. “They considered them to be a risk so it’s interesting to see them now accusing other countries of being discriminatory when China won’t allow foreign cameras.’’ [...]
