US law will ban military and government agencies from purchasing the Chinese manufactured equipment starting in August, but the FT investigation found that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the potentially compromising surveillance and monitoring components are still being installed in US bases.
As the report points out, "China-made surveillance cameras are still watching over US military bases."
The Peterson base spent $112,000 on Hikvision cameras in 2016 and a spokesperson said these were "Not associated with base security or classified areas".... US defense officials at this and other bases justified the procurement by saying the cameras wouldn't be connected to the internet, nor would they be used in classified or sensitive areas.
A US Navy research base in Orlando, Florida, bought $4,000 of Hikvision cameras even after the passage last year of the National Defense Authorization Act.... Police departments in states including Massachusetts, Colorado and Tennessee are also still relying on Hikvision cameras.
Since 2015, the Defense Logistics Agency has spent almost $180,000 on Hikvision cameras, for US forces in Korea and a naval base in Florida.
In January 2018, the US army removed Hikvision cameras from Fort Leonard Wood, a base in Missouri, amid cyber security fears, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Considering China-made cameras and related surveillance gear make up some one-third of the global market, according to many estimates, might they be impossible for the United States to remove completely?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-19/banned-china-made-surveillance-cameras-still-operational-sensitive-us-bases
As the report points out, "China-made surveillance cameras are still watching over US military bases."
The Peterson base spent $112,000 on Hikvision cameras in 2016 and a spokesperson said these were "Not associated with base security or classified areas".... US defense officials at this and other bases justified the procurement by saying the cameras wouldn't be connected to the internet, nor would they be used in classified or sensitive areas.
A US Navy research base in Orlando, Florida, bought $4,000 of Hikvision cameras even after the passage last year of the National Defense Authorization Act.... Police departments in states including Massachusetts, Colorado and Tennessee are also still relying on Hikvision cameras.
Since 2015, the Defense Logistics Agency has spent almost $180,000 on Hikvision cameras, for US forces in Korea and a naval base in Florida.
In January 2018, the US army removed Hikvision cameras from Fort Leonard Wood, a base in Missouri, amid cyber security fears, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Considering China-made cameras and related surveillance gear make up some one-third of the global market, according to many estimates, might they be impossible for the United States to remove completely?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-19/banned-china-made-surveillance-cameras-still-operational-sensitive-us-bases
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