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UK Navy Drone Cameras Pinged China During Security Check

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Source: Yahoo
UK Navy Drone Cameras Pinged China During Security Check
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Cameras on Royal Navy K3 Scout drones were found sending routine signals to a Chinese system during a routine cyber vulnerability assessment. The Ministry of Defence said no sensitive data was compromised and the issue was contained, but the incident underscores cybersecurity risks when military drone components come from external manufacturers as Britain expands autonomous systems under Operation Beehive, including potential deployments to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Topics:worldarmed-forces#armed-forces#cybersecurity#k3-scout#royal-navy#third-party-components#unmanned-surface-vessels
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  1. British Navy Drone Cameras Sent Signals to China  Yahoo
  2. U.K. Discovers Component in Its Naval Drones Sent Signals to China  WSJ
  3. Spy cameras on Navy drones secretly sent data to China  The Telegraph
  4. Navy drone boats ‘were sending data to China’  The Times
  5. UK Drones' Chinese-Made Cameras Secretly Sent Data to Beijing  조선일보

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