Security News > 2020 > January > U.S. Department of Interior Grounding All Drones

The order comes amid a spate of warnings and bans at multiple government agencies, including the Department of Defense, about possible vulnerabilities in Chinese-made drone systems that could be allowing Beijing to conduct espionage.

The Army banned the use of Chinese-made DJI drones three years ago following warnings from the Navy about "Highly vulnerable" drone systems.

One memo drafted by the Navy & Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Manager has warned "Images, video and flight records could be uploaded to unsecured servers in other countries via live streaming." The Navy has also warned adversaries may view video and metadata from drone systems even though the air vehicle is encrypted.

The Department of Homeland Security previously warned the private sector their data may be pilfered off if they use commercial drone systems made in China.

I am much more worried about remote kill switches in the equipment.

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