Pentagon grounds own report that said China's DJI drones are safe
(2021/07/26)
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The United States Department of Defence (DoD) has re-iterated that it thinks drones made by Chinese firm DJI represent a security risk, after an internal document suggesting the opposite leaked to the press.
The Pentagon expressed concerns about DJI's drones in 2019 – and with good reason. The firm's wares [1]chat to servers in China , contain [2]basic flaws and [3]deceptively bypass curated app stores .
DJI found itself in further strife in 2020, when it was added to the USA's lists of entities with which commerce and trade were forbidden. At least the company wasn't entirely alone: in 2018 the US banned the procurement of commercial off-the-shelf drones by US government agencies, regardless of where they were made.
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A July 21 [5]report in US political outlet The Hill claimed that it had seen a "report summary" in which the DoD had approved use of two DJI drones therefore represented quite the turnaround.
[6]China showing signs of brewing IPv6 eruption
[7]Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban
[8]Drones must be constantly connected to the internet to give Feds real-time location data – new US govt proposal
[9]Chinese dev jailed and fined for posting DJI's private keys on Github
But the turnaround was quickly smacked down.
A July 23 Pentagon [10]statement labelled the document seen by The Hill as "inaccurate and uncoordinated". Worse still, the "unauthorized release" of the report “is currently under review by the Department.”
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Mitigating the threats posed by small unmanned aerial devices, including DJI systems, remains a priority across the Department, and DoD continues to ensure existing policy remains current and appropriately implemented.
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[1] https://www.theregister.com/2018/04/25/dji_data_security_audit/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2018/11/09/dji_drone_xss_flaw/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/19/dji_android_code/
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[5] https://thehill.com/policy/defense/556370-pentagon-report-clears-use-of-drones-made-by-top-chinese-manufacturer?rl=1
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/13/china_ipv6_eruption/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/10/dji_local_data_mode_us_potential_ban/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2020/03/02/faa_drone_rules_proposed/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2019/04/30/dji_dev_jailed_fined_leaking_aes_ssl_keys_github/
[10] https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2706082/department-statement-on-dji-systems/
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The Pentagon expressed concerns about DJI's drones in 2019 – and with good reason. The firm's wares [1]chat to servers in China , contain [2]basic flaws and [3]deceptively bypass curated app stores .
DJI found itself in further strife in 2020, when it was added to the USA's lists of entities with which commerce and trade were forbidden. At least the company wasn't entirely alone: in 2018 the US banned the procurement of commercial off-the-shelf drones by US government agencies, regardless of where they were made.
[4]
A July 21 [5]report in US political outlet The Hill claimed that it had seen a "report summary" in which the DoD had approved use of two DJI drones therefore represented quite the turnaround.
[6]China showing signs of brewing IPv6 eruption
[7]Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban
[8]Drones must be constantly connected to the internet to give Feds real-time location data – new US govt proposal
[9]Chinese dev jailed and fined for posting DJI's private keys on Github
But the turnaround was quickly smacked down.
A July 23 Pentagon [10]statement labelled the document seen by The Hill as "inaccurate and uncoordinated". Worse still, the "unauthorized release" of the report “is currently under review by the Department.”
[11]
Mitigating the threats posed by small unmanned aerial devices, including DJI systems, remains a priority across the Department, and DoD continues to ensure existing policy remains current and appropriately implemented.
Get our [12]Tech Resources
[1] https://www.theregister.com/2018/04/25/dji_data_security_audit/
[2] https://www.theregister.com/2018/11/09/dji_drone_xss_flaw/
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2018/10/19/dji_android_code/
[4] https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?co=1&iu=/6978/reg_offbeat/legal&sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&tile=2&c=2YP4zYYS4iJ2ZVLZAlfB8SwAAAMo&t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0
[5] https://thehill.com/policy/defense/556370-pentagon-report-clears-use-of-drones-made-by-top-chinese-manufacturer?rl=1
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/13/china_ipv6_eruption/
[7] https://www.theregister.com/2020/09/10/dji_local_data_mode_us_potential_ban/
[8] https://www.theregister.com/2020/03/02/faa_drone_rules_proposed/
[9] https://www.theregister.com/2019/04/30/dji_dev_jailed_fined_leaking_aes_ssl_keys_github/
[10] https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2706082/department-statement-on-dji-systems/
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[12] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/