Security Risks Stemming from China
Concerns are spreading that home IP cameras and public CCTVs made in China could be hacked, resulting in personal information leakage.
Security risks stemming from China are spreading across South Korea as personal information could be leaked when CCTVs made in China are hacked.
According to industry sources, concerns over the possibility of hacking via home IP cameras made in China are spreading to cover public CCTVs installed nationwide. Early last year, videos showing the insides of some houses and women in the houses were revealed via Chinese and South Korean webhards and adult websites.
More recently, the number of public CCTV hackings is on the increase in addition to home IP camera hackings. Images and videos captured by CCTVs and showing streets, inns, restaurants, and so on can be easily found on YouTube, Google and other sites. This is because of the backdoors hidden in CCTVs made in China.
In the meantime, the U.S. government recently passed the National Defense Authorization Act so that major institutions and facilities cannot use any CCTV made in China. At present, Hikvision and Dahua, both Chinese, are the two largest players in the U.S. CCTV market.
In South Korea, controversy surrounding Huawei equipment is rising ahead of commercial 5G services scheduled for March next year. An increasing number of countries are prohibiting the purchase of drones made in China for fear of backdoor program-based image information transmission to China.