U.S. Expands Bans of Chinese Security Cameras, Network Equipment

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The Federal Communications Commission voted 4-0 to ban sales of new telecom and surveillance equipment made by several Chinese companies, arguing that their ownership and practices threaten U.S. national security.

The rule change affects 10 companies already subject to other restrictions and prohibits them from marketing or importing new products. They include security-camera makers Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Hytera Communications Corp. and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. and telecom equipment makers Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp.

The FCC made its order public Friday. The latest order stops short of requiring U.S. equipment buyers to remove items they have previously purchased or stripping authorizations for electronics models that already exist.

A spokesman for Hikvision said the FCC’s decision won’t protect U.S. national security, “but will do a great deal to make it more harmful and more expensive for U.S. small businesses, local authorities, school districts, and individual consumers.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-expands-bans-of-chinese-security-cameras-network-equipment/ar-AA14yVTK

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1. Hikvision et al should be 100% on the hook for the cost of any replacement or security breaches

If their failures of due diligence results in the import, sale and installation of compromised equipment, then that's on them.