Surprised by scout balloons, Britain… Examining security risks as police drones from China

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

Two-thirds of drones are produced by Chinese companies approved by the United States

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

Although Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has emphasized that Typhoon fighters and others are very vigilant and that the UK has the ability to respond to threats and ensure security, he has not been able to calm all 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 without any air tightness.

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

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

The move to remove deeply embedded Chinese IT technology from Britain’s top organizations is also gathering pace.

The Telegraph reported on the same day that Home Secretary Suela Braberman is known to have warned police that using Chinese-made devices should not expose them 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 reported that more than 230 of the 337 drones operated by 37 police departments were supplied by DJI, and that 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 consent and upload them to the Chinese company’s server.

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

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

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

Alex Younger, the former head of Britain’s Foreign Intelligence Service (MI6), stressed in an interview with the BBC 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 reconnaissance balloon Chinese.

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

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