Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and incompetence has a long tail…
Royal Navy spy drones used by Britain’s elite special forces secretly sent data to China, The Telegraph can reveal.
The cameras on the K3 Scout surveillance drones had components made in China which were secretly transmitting information to a device in the country.
The Royal Marines have been using the £12m fleet since March and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) was forced to remove all internet connectivity from the cameras after discovering the breach.
The revelation raises fears that Beijing has been attempting to spy on Britain’s military after years of security warnings about the threat from the country.
The drones were supplied by a major British defence contractor, Kraken Technology Group, which sourced the cameras from a third party who had given assurances about their security.[…]
A defence source familiar with the matter told The Telegraph that the K3 drones made up part of a future defence package offered by the UK to secure the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
The source said that preparations for Britain’s plans in the Gulf had been conducted on the drones, adding: “This is major failure to check origins of components and we have lost confidence in the platform.”
There are also concerns that the surveillance drones have been near highly sensitive meetings between senior special forces staff, and that cameras remained active even when the drones were switched off.
“after years of security warnings”
doodness dwayshuss jist like Canaduh. they lear it from us or we from them?
we BOTH leared it from the Chirese. (they must think some in the West are the MOST gullible sloppy administrators in modern history)
they are they are LAUGHING at us, sitting at their consoles by the hundreds,
fully fluent in engrish.
laughing at us. heyo comrade xi jin gook, switch to network B !!!
You can cure this with blindfolds and a wall.
A rope would be cheaper, can be used many times and I suspect the entertainment value would be really darn good! Pretty sure there is an almost unending supply of incompetent politicians, military and public servants, in both official languages and the languages of our enemies, readily available in Ottawa for the wall or the noose.
But yeah, I share your sentiment.
Hey remember when the controversy of the day was HUAWEI Phones and data security?
It seems so long ago.
Hey remember when the fear of Secretary of State Clinton’s private emails being sent to a Chinese server was in the news?
It seems so long ago…
“The K3 Scout surveillance drones have been part of the Royal Marines’ £12million fleet since March.”
“A routine cyber vulnerability assessment identified an issue affecting a Kraken Unmanned Surface Vessel sub-system used by the Royal Navy.”
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So, they’ve had these drones since March. Over four months. And, they are just getting around to doing a “routine cyber vulnerability assessment” now? They DIDN’T bother with an all encompassing thorough security assessment upon delivery? That’s just sad.
That’s government. They do nothing cheaply, well or even competently. You can be sure the Canadian government doesn’t even know what a proper security assessment is.
Is there a digital camera NOT made in China?
The number of glowing lights I see while walking the dog at night is concerning. Blue doorbell. Red LED from camera up above the garage. Plus all the indoor stuff
The Stupid that is Western Civilization is coming to an end.
Imbeciles.
I mean, do we really want to be associated with such stupid fcking twats?
I don’t.
At least the Chicoms have shared goals and values. A sense of worth and place in time.
Fck it.
And 100 times better than the rapey-beheady heathens.
Yeah, ya remember that ‘special relationship’? Sorry, we don’t keep incompetent friends