> Royal Navy surveillance drones used by Britain's elite special forces were fitted with cameras containing Chinese-made components that were secretly sending data to an address in China.
> The K3 Scout drones, operated by Royal Marines, were found to be transmitting so-called 'heartbeat' communications to an IP address in China.
> The signals were designed to tell a remote device that the cameras were online and operating normally.
> The discovery has triggered national security concerns and forced the Ministry of Defence to strip the cameras of their internet connectivity.
Look at that last sentence and tell me what part of "internet connectivity" and shutting down instead of monitoring and filtering (which apparently wasn't done in the first place) makes any sense.
What was the acceptance test? An Instagram post? This is too deranged.
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> The £12million fleet has been in use since March and was supplied by British defence contractor Kraken Technology Group.
> Kraken had sourced the cameras from a third-party supplier which had provided assurances over their security.
Up the Telegraph.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16040489/Spy-cameras-...
> Royal Navy surveillance drones used by Britain's elite special forces were fitted with cameras containing Chinese-made components that were secretly sending data to an address in China.
> The K3 Scout drones, operated by Royal Marines, were found to be transmitting so-called 'heartbeat' communications to an IP address in China.
> The signals were designed to tell a remote device that the cameras were online and operating normally.
> The discovery has triggered national security concerns and forced the Ministry of Defence to strip the cameras of their internet connectivity.
Look at that last sentence and tell me what part of "internet connectivity" and shutting down instead of monitoring and filtering (which apparently wasn't done in the first place) makes any sense.
What was the acceptance test? An Instagram post? This is too deranged.
WAIT It gets better
> The £12million fleet has been in use since March and was supplied by British defence contractor Kraken Technology Group.
> Kraken had sourced the cameras from a third-party supplier which had provided assurances over their security.
Kraken? Right.