1 month ago
Daily Mail
Australia's defence minister claims more than 900 Chinese-made surveillance cameras and devices will be removed from sensitive Australian government buildings, with fears the equipment could send data back to Beijing. More than 900 Chinese surveillance cameras and devices linked to China's communist government are installed in Australian government buildings (pictured, a security camera outside parliament house)The cameras and recording devices are manufactured by Chinese companies, Hikvision and Dahua, which are both partly-owned by the Chinese government. Surveillance equipment from Hikvision and Dahua was either banned or heavily restricted in the United States and United Kingdom last November. Surveillance cameras were found in every department with the exception of the prime minister and cabinet and the agriculture department. The attorney-general's department had the highest number of surveillance units, with 195 pieces of equipment installed at 29 sites.
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