The Daily Populous Monday September 16th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by straitstimes.com and submitted by Silly-avocatoe

SEOUL – South Korea’s military recently removed about 1,300 Chinese-made surveillance cameras installed at its bases, concerned about potential security risks, Yonhap news agency reported on Sept 13, citing an unnamed military official.

The cameras were designed to be connected to a specific server in China, but no actual data was leaked, Yonhap said.

These were supplied by a South Korean company, with their Chinese origin determined during equipment inspections earlier in 2024, the report cited the official as saying.

The cameras were not used for guard operations such as along the heavily fortified demilitarised zone between the two Koreas, but for monitoring training groups and perimeter fences at bases, the report said.

South Korea’s Defence Ministry said on Sept 13 it is in the process of collecting the foreign-made cameras and replacing them with others. The ministry declined to confirm where the cameras were made.

In 2023, Australia’s foreign minister said its defence and foreign ministries were removing surveillance cameras made by Chinese-run firms from their facilities after reports that the technology posed a security risk. REUTERS

dbxp on September 16th, 2024 at 11:41 UTC »

> These were supplied by a South Korean company, with their Chinese origin determined during equipment inspections earlier in 2024, the report cited the official as saying.

Looks like it was an existing policy, the supplier just supplied them fraudulently. Luckily for Korea they have plenty of domestic suppliers.

SMEAGAIN_AGO on September 16th, 2024 at 11:30 UTC »

Well, at least they woke up and took action!

Now, for all the ostriches out there …

Silly-avocatoe on September 16th, 2024 at 11:24 UTC »

SEOUL – South Korea’s military recently removed about 1,300 Chinese-made surveillance cameras installed at its bases, concerned about potential security risks, Yonhap news agency reported on Sept 13, citing an unnamed military official.

The cameras were designed to be connected to a specific server in China, but no actual data was leaked, Yonhap said.

These were supplied by a South Korean company, with their Chinese origin determined during equipment inspections earlier in 2024, the report cited the official as saying.

The cameras were not used for guard operations such as along the heavily fortified demilitarised zone between the two Koreas, but for monitoring training groups and perimeter fences at bases, the report said.

South Korea’s Defence Ministry said on Sept 13 it is in the process of collecting the foreign-made cameras and replacing them with others. The ministry declined to confirm where the cameras were made.