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#US police using Chinese drones are ‘at risk’ of data breach, DHS warns

#US police using Chinese drones are ‘at risk’ of data breach, DHS warns

June 25, 2020 | 7:22pm | Updated June 25, 2020 | 7:22pm

The Department of Homeland Security is warning US police that surveillance drones made by Chinese company DJI are “at risk” of having their data intercepted, The Post has learned.

The department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency expressed its concern in a letter this week to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY).

DJI is the world’s top commercial drone maker. The company loaned aircraft to US police departments to monitor residents during the coronavirus pandemic.

CISA Director Christopher Krebs wrote to Nadler that “any information collected by DJI drones should be considered at risk and protected from inadvertent disclosure.

Additionally, departments are discouraged from using DJI donated drones for non-COVID-19 law enforcement operations that involve the collection of sensitive information.”

DJI view of police car from above
View of a police patrol car from above.Getty Images

The NYPD uses at least 14 drones made by DJI, according to a December 2018 web entry. On April 7, the Elizabeth, NJ, police department wrote on Facebook that it would be using loaned DJI drones to locate social gatherings and issue $1,000 fines.

Krebs wrote that CISA partnered with the Federal Emergency Management Agency “to require state and local governments to review and acknowledge CISA guidance before purchasing foreign manufactured UAS with Federal grant funding.”

“Those wishing to continue with the purchase of a foreign manufactured UAS must provide a written justification that is screened against criteria that includes an assessment of the UAS manufacturer’s country of origin. Based on this screening, FEMA may recommend alternatives to recipient jurisdictions on a case-by-case basis,” Krebs wrote.

Last month, Republican Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Matt Gaetz of Florida warned that DJI drones may pipe information back to China.

DJI spokesman Adam Lisberg told The Post that “while some people have tried to use DJI as a political football to score points against China, there is absolutely no evidence that any of their worst fears have any basis in reality.”

“Multiple US government agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security itself, have reviewed the data protections in DJI drones and found no evidence that the photos, videos or flight logs generated by those drones can be transferred to anyone unless the drone operator deliberately chooses to do so,” Lisberg said.

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