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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Hikvision - The Untold Story

Hikvision brings AI to video compression with Guanlan Encoding, cutting storage costs by up to 50%

HANGZHOU, China, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikvision has announced the launch of Guanlan Encoding, an AI-powered video compression technology that delivers 30%–50% average storage savings without compromising critical footage quality. As resolutions climb, channel counts expand, and retention periods extend, storage has become one of the dominant cost...

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'Zombie Tech continues to haunt UK networks': Decade-old vulnerabilities fuel 67 million attacks, exposing outdated, insecure systems across organisations nationwide

UK organisations still run decade-old vulnerable systems as attackers exploit them relentlessly, driving millions of attacks and increasing successful breaches nationwide.

TechRadar

Chinese technology underpins Iran’s internet control, report finds

The technologies include facial recognition tools used on Uyghurs in western China, say experts

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Alarm raised over Chinese CCTV cameras guarding ‘symbol of democracy’ Magna Carta

Campaigners criticise use of ‘vulnerable’ devices at Salisbury Cathedral and Parthenon despite their removal from sensitive UK government sites

The Guardian - UK

US smart home company accused of rebranding footage-leaking Chinese cameras — Nebraska AG to sue Resideo over selling banned security cameras

Resideo sued by Nebraska AG over rebranding footage-leaking Chinese cameras

Tom’s Hardware

US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees are paying the price

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology

The Independent UK

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds

Even while warning about national security and human rights abuse, the U.S. government across five Republican and Democratic administrations has repeatedly allowed and even actively helped American firms to sell technology to Chinese police, government and surveillance companies, an Associated Press investigation has found

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Is the world's largest CCTV surveillance camera vendor going to be the next Huawei? Canada bans Hikvision amidst security fears

Canada bans Hikvision following security review, aligning with allies amid growing distrust of Chinese surveillance tech.

TechRadar

FBI warns over new malware targeting webcams and DVRs

FBI has a warned government agencies to be on their guard.

TechRadar

Phones, CCTV, TikTok, Drones — What cameras will America try to ban next?

If you follow recent history, it doesn't look likely to stop — how soon before Canon, Nikon, Sony et al are impacted?

Digital Camera World

Techscape: NFTs were meant to change everything – what happened?

In this week’s newsletter: in early 2022 ‘non-fungible tokens’ were a supposedly revolutionary million-dollar asset. Now, they’re practically worthless

The Guardian - UK

How Chinese firm linked to repression of Uyghurs aids Israeli surveillance in West Bank

Cameras made by Hikvision, which is blacklisted in US, blanket the occupied West Bank, according to Amnesty International

The Guardian - US

Britain is ‘omni-surveillance’ society, watchdog warns

Exclusive: Fraser Sampson says law is not keeping up with AI advances as police retain 3m images of innocent people

The Guardian - UK

Chinese surveillance firm recommits to UK after new guidance

Exclusive: Hikvision, whose kit is banned in US, receives clarification about where its cameras can be placed

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Key Trumper works at China lobbying firm

"Susie could put Trump away for years in just one minute of testimony to Jack Smith," GOP operative says

The Guardian - AU

Britain to remove Chinese surveillance gear from government sites

Equipment that could be exploited by Chinese intelligence will be taken down, with CCTV brands Hikvision and Dahua among those flagged by MPs

Evening Standard

Chinese-made CCTV to be removed from government sites amid national security concerns

Government departments will remove Chinese-made CCTV amid national security concerns, it has been announced.

The Independent UK

Chinese CCTV cameras that caught Hancock kiss to be banned

Climbdown over procurement law follows rebellion by senior Tory MPs

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The Independent UK

Councils’ lack of knowledge about CCTV camera manufacturers ‘concerning’

The biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner said the findings of a newly published survey were ‘alarming’.

The Conversation

Is China out to spy on us through drones and other tech? Perhaps that’s not the question we should be asking

Australian government agencies’ use of Chinese-made technology has been making headlines again. This time, the potential threat comes from DJI drones produced by China-headquartered company Da Jiang Innovations.

The Independent UK

Senior Tory calls for building where GCHQ based to have Chinese cameras removed

It comes after CCTV cameras made by Beijing-based firm Hikvision were reportedly spotted on a Manchester building the security agency works out of.

Axios

Hikvision internal review found Xinjiang contracts targeted Uyghurs

"We're not going to absolve the company," the team conducting the review told Hikvision, per a recording of a private meeting.

TechRadar

If TikTok is spyware, then what about Chinese IoT?

Is TikTok just the tip of the iceberg? Why businesses need to consider cybersecurity beyond the social media giant.

Al Jazeera

US sanctions Chinese firms over alleged repression of Uighurs

Commerce Department says companies are implicated in Beijing’s ‘campaign of repression’ against ethnic minority Muslims.

Tribune News Service

McCaul, Meeks trigger sanctions review for Chinese firm

WASHINGTON — The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said they triggered a requirement that the Biden administration determine within four months whether a Chinese surveillance company should be sanctioned for human rights violations against ethnic Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang province.

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