Security News > 2023 > February > Australia gives made-in-China CCTV cams the boot
Australia's Defence Department removed all Chinese manufactured surveillance cameras after an audit detailed the number of Hikvision and Dahua devices installed in various government facilities.
In an impromptu interview on Friday, deputy prime minister and minister of defence Richard Marles revealed that all the relevant Chinese-manufactured Defence department cameras had been removed.
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The effort found over 900 made-in-China cameras used in in government agencies, spread out across over 250 sites.
"Our AUKUS partners and closest security allies, the United States and UK, announced in November 2022 that they were banning the devices from all government buildings because of the national security threat that they pose," explained Paterson on Thursday, adding that a plan was needed to remove all affected devices from Australian government departments and agencies.
Around the same time, the UK banned Chinese video cameras on "Sensitive" government sites and ordered agencies to rip and replace the products whenever and wherever they appeared in core networks.