United States accuses DJI drones of spying on users

Over the past few months we see how the United States accuses some espionage companies. The clearest example is Kaspersky, who has been boycotting the country for some time. Now, the drone maker DJI is added to the list. The Chinese company has been accused of spying on users and sending data to servers in China. This has been alerted by the Department of Homeland Security.

United States accuses DJI drones of spying on users

DJI is accused of having sent sensitive information on American infrastructure to China through its drones. Such data would be used by the government of the Asian country to carry out cyber or physical attacks against infrastructure of enormous importance in America. At least this is what is wielded from the United States.

DJI accused of espionage by the United States

Apparently, since August there is speculation that the Chinese government has tried to spy on American infrastructure (railways, bridges, highways…). In addition, in the images that have been collected so that there are specific details about the control panels or security measures of these infrastructures. One of those affected in this spy plot is DJI. Since the drones are viewing their stolen information through two applications: DJI Go and Sky Pixels.

The application collects and sends GPS information. In addition to having access to the data stored on the mobile. Also to users' personal information. According to the United States, these data are subsequently uploaded to servers hosted in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. So they comment that it is likely that the Chinese government has access to them.

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