Surprised by scout balloons, Britain… Inspection of security risks such as Chinese-made police drones

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Controversy over the ability to respond to scout balloons… Former MI6 head: “We need to wake up to the Chinese threat”

Two-thirds of drones are manufactured by Chinese companies sanctioned by the US

U.S. troops collect debris from Chinese reconnaissance balloon

(Washington = Yonhap News) U.S. forces prepare to transfer the wreckage of a Chinese reconnaissance balloon that was shot down off the east coast of the United States on the 10th (local time) to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). 2023.2.14 [미 해군 제공. 재판매 및 DB 금지] [e-mail]

(London = Yonhap News) Correspondent Choi Yoon-jeong = China-related security concerns are rapidly growing in the wake of the reconnaissance balloon in the UK.

Although Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stressed that Typhoon fighters and others are on high alert and that the UK has the ability to respond to threats and ensure safety, it has not been able to calm all of the uneasiness.

In a Times radio interview on the 14th (local time), former National Security Adviser Kim Darroch refuted Prime Minister Sunak’s statement that Britain has the ability to respond to Chinese reconnaissance balloons with no airtightness.

Darroch said the country lacks the necessary equipment as a result of decades of insufficient investment in defense.

He added that reconnaissance balloons can secure clearer pictures than satellites.

The move to get rid of Chinese IT technology deeply embedded in major British institutions is also accelerating.

The Telegraph reported on the same day that Home Secretary Suela Braberman was known to have pointed out to police that the use of Chinese-made devices should not make them vulnerable to Chinese interference.

“Secretary Braverman is concerned about the use of Chinese technology,” an Interior Ministry official told The Telegraph.

The Telegraph, which analyzed data, said more than two-thirds of the drones used by police in the UK were made by Chinese companies blacklisted in the US as a national security risk.

The Telegraph said more than 230 of the 337 drones operated by 37 police departments were supplied by DJI, and 11 police departments refused to release the data.

Government officials are known to be concerned about the app and data processing used to operate DJI drones. The app could download confidential data from the operator’s phone or other device.

There are also concerns that the drone’s camera could independently take pictures without the operator’s permission and upload them to the Chinese company’s server.

Arisia Keynes, the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, said China’s access to critical British systems should be banned, and that national security should be considered in all public procurement processes.

Prior to this, the UK had to exclude China’s Huawei technology from its 5G network business, and recently banned the installation of Chinese-made CCTVs in state institutions.

Mobile operators are required to remove all Huawei 5G equipment from 2027.

Alex Younger, former head of British Foreign Intelligence Service (MI6), emphasized in a BBC interview that day that Britain should wake up to the Chinese threat and realize that the two countries are in a competitive relationship in relation to the Chinese reconnaissance balloon.

Former director Youngge, who led MI6 from 2014 to 2020, argued that Western countries were under full pressure from Chinese espionage.

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