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Unmanned Systems

CISA, FBI Warn Critical Infrastructure Owners And Operators Of Risks Posed By Chinese Drones

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

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CISA, FBI Warn Critical Infrastructure Owners And Operators Of Risks Posed By Chinese Drones

The DJI Mavic is one of the drones experts from DOI have analyzed for data leakage.

U.S. owners and operators of critical infrastructures that use drones in their operations should purchase “secure-by-design” unmanned aircraft from approved domestic vendors and not use Chinese-made drones due to security risks, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI warned on Wednesday. Chinese laws enable the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to collect data from, and obtained by, Chinese companies, including drone manufacturers, says a new interagency guidance document published by the DHS Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and…

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