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Child Pornography On Sale From Hacked Hikvision Cameras Using Current Hik-Connect App (ipvm.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Shef@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I think most people aware of Hikvision at this point understand the lack of privacy and security. This seems to take it up to a new level though with their software being used to distribute hacked material obtained by bad actors. Marked as NSFW purely due to the sensitive subject matter of the article.

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[–] Shef@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It wouldn't let me relpy to Zima for some reason.

Due to the international nature of the crimes it's going to depend on a lot of countries working together. In this case the company that would need to comply the most is closely affiliated with the Chinese government. So closely affiliated that the government technology holding group actually owns 40% of the company. This makes cooperation unfavorable for China as they will have to admit faults with a product they own. It appears it will be more financially advantageous for them to deny allegations and cover up the problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikvision#Ownership

HIK Group, 中电海康集团有限公司), a wholly owned subsidiary of China Electronics Technology Group, which has a 39.59% stake.[3]: 82 China Electronics Technology Group is a state-run enterprise owned and supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.