Australian to remove China-made cameras from Defense Department
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The Australian government has decided to remove surveillance cameras manufactured by companies linked to the ‘Communist Party of China’ from its Defense Department buildings amid questions being raised about China’s surveillance program after a Chinese spy balloon was found in US airspace.
The Australian government has decided to remove surveillance cameras manufactured by companies linked to the ‘Communist Party of China’ from its Defense Department buildings amid questions being raised about China’s surveillance program after a Chinese spy balloon was found in US airspace. Before this decision of Australia, America and Britain have also taken this step.
At least 913 cameras, intercoms, electronic entry systems and video recorders developed and manufactured by Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua have been installed in Australian government and agency offices, including the Department of Defense and the Department of Trade and Foreign Affairs, The Australian newspaper reported on Thursday. are in Hikvision and Dahua are partially owned by the Chinese Communist Party-ruled government.
The US government had banned several Chinese brands of telecommunication and video surveillance equipment in November. The UK government also banned security cameras manufactured by Hikvision in November. Australia’s Defense Minister Richard Marles said his department was reviewing all its surveillance technologies. He told the ‘Australian Broadcasting Corp’, ‘Wherever those special cameras are found, they will be removed.
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