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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Who's watching you? Checks on security cameras after spying allegations

AVE Technologies founder Chris Elkin says he stopped selling Hikvision cameras some years ago, due to security concerns. Picture by Max Mason-Hubers

GOVERNMENTS and other users of Chinese-made security cameras are checking to see which brand is installed after concerns were raised about two manufacturers with alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party.

Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson, whose opposition roles cover cyber security and foreign interference, has blown the whistle on two brands - Hikvision and Dahua - which he says are "riddled with CCP spyware".

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