US DHS warns of data threat from Chinese-made drones


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 21 May 2019

A drone operator demonstrates a DJI Matrice 100 drone at the Applied Drone Technology for Business Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Monday, April 15, 2019. The EU has consistently said it has yet to see any convincing evidence that technology alone can keep the border invisible, though it's willing to consider the possibility if the U.K. produces proposals. Photographer: Paul Faith/Bloomberg

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Homeland Security has warned US firms of the risks to company data from Chinese-made drones, according to a notice reviewed by Reuters on May 20.

The notice, titled "Chinese Manufactured Unmanned Aircraft Systems", warned that US officials have "strong concerns about any technology product that takes American data into the territory of an authoritarian state that permits its intelligence services to have unfettered access to that data or otherwise abuses that access".

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