UK Removes 50% Of Chinese CCTV Cameras From Sensitive Sites Amid Growing Security Concerns

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cosgrale

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cosgrale said:
And every one of us in this forum knows nothing about their network architecture. .
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True, but if the cameras were isolated from the internet they wouldn't be phoning home...and that is the real problem.

In the USA, instead of the government addressing the real issue (cameras connected to the internet that can get hacked), they have now created a false sense of security and now companies are taking advantage of NDAA compliant cameras to unsuspecting customers and charging premium amounts for lessor quality cameras...

Even high end NDAA compliant systems got hacked last year.

NDAA compliant Verkada was hacked and 150,000 cameras in private companies, along with prisons and public school systems were part of it, which would be government funded..

It is why we recommend DO NOT LET YOUR CAMERAS OR NVR TOUCH THE INTERNET. Any camera that does can be hacked.
 
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They may have 20,000 cameras or more installed around the country for all we know. Although those cameras can be blocked from Internet access if anyone makes a mistake on the network configuration for any one of them the entire network's security can be jeopardized. It's one thing to block Internet access for a dozen cameras on a home network or maybe a couple of hundred for a business, but government networks and their support staff can be enormous. Banning problem equipment vendors is the safest thing to do even if the rest of their network security is near perfect.

We have absolutely no idea what they're dealing with and bashing all government IT workers because you know better is ridiculous.
 
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