Category: Hikvision

UK Government Urged to Clarify Position on Buying Hikvision Surveillance Cameras

The UK’s central and local government ministers have been challenged to clarify their positions on buying surveillance cameras from a company partly owned by the Chinese regime, according to correspondence published on Monday. The Home Office’s independent Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Professor Fraser Sampson wrote to ministers last week about his concerns over Hikvision cameras following a…


Chinese Surveillance Cameras Used in 60 Percent of UK Public Bodies: Report

China-made surveillance cameras dominate the British market, with over 60 percent of public bodies in the country currently using cameras made by Chinese firms Hikvision and Dahua, a new report (pdf) has revealed. Through more than 4,500 Freedom of Information requests to government departments, police forces, universities, schools, and hospitals in the UK, civil liberties…


Republican Rep. Tenney Slams ‘Malicious’ China-Run Tech Giant for Manipulating Congress

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) criticized Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision as being “very malicious and malevolent” for attempting to manipulate the U.S. government protocols and silence dissenting voices. “It is really just no business of a foreign Chinese-backed company to be interfering and trying to use and exploit our Ethics Committee to try to spy on…


GOP Rep. Tenney Slams ‘Malicious’ China-Run Tech Giant for Allegedly Manipulating Congress

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) criticized Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision as being “very malicious and malevolent” for attempting to manipulate the U.S. government protocols and silence dissenting voices. “It is really just no business of a foreign Chinese-backed company to be interfering and trying to use and exploit our Ethics Committee to try to spy on…


‘Malicious’: Rep. Tenney Slams China-Run Tech Giant for Attempting to Interfere With Congress

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) criticized Chinese surveillance giant Hikvision as being “very malicious and malevolent” for attempting to interfere with U.S. government protocols and silence dissenting voices. “It is really just no business of a foreign Chinese-backed company to be interfering and trying to use and exploit our Ethics Committee to try to spy on…


Security Vulnerability in Chinese Surveillance Cameras Raises Concerns in Europe

A critical vulnerability found in surveillance cameras from Chinese firm Hikvision—which are used extensively in Europe—added to previous concerns about the company’s data practices, according to an Oct. 6 report from Politico. Hikvision is controlled by a Chinese military-industrial group and has been accused of collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in violating human…


Concerns Raised Over Chinese CCTV Cameras in UK

Leaked video footage of ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s affair has raised questions over the security of CCTV cameras on the Parliamentary Estate. An investigation was launched by the Department of Health after Hancock was caught embracing his aide Gina Coladangelo in his office on Victoria Street, London, in May, leading to his resignation. Questions have…


Lawmakers Must Consider Xinjiang Cotton Ban Over Uyghur ‘Genocide’: UK MPs

Lawmakers should heap pressure on China over the Uyghur “genocide” by exploring a ban on the import of all cotton products linked to Xinjiang, a cross-party committee of UK MPs has said. The Foreign Affairs Committee also called for the government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as part of a series of recommendations…


Chinese Company Hikvision Confirms It’s Controlled by China’s Military Industrial Complex

The world’s largest video surveillance company Hikvision is currently listed as a threat to U.S. national security. The company’s newly released annual report shows that a Chinese military industrial group is its controller. In the past two years, Hikvision has been blacklisted by Washington authorities because of its relationship with Chinese military and the security…


Consumers Should Be Warned About China’s Rebranded Hikvision Cameras

Commentary A soldier, kneeling on a mountainside, tests a Hikvision drone-jamming rifle in March. Hikvision’s website carried a report, based on a joint study with weapons experts and commanders of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), detailing how its technology could add functionality to China’s tanks, missiles, and artillery. According to surveillance technology experts IP Video…