Major retailers such as Wayfair, Target, and Costco are selling security cameras distributed by a company that Florida believes may be sharing American data with the Chinese Communist Party.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to Lorex on Friday, investigating whether the camera distributor is operating as a proxy for Dahua, a Chinese surveillance corporation that the Federal Communications Commission restricted imports of in 2022, citing national security concerns.
The subpoena follows reports from industry experts analyzing import records, which show that Lorex imported millions of pounds of Dahua products into the United States. Independent analysts have concluded that cameras manufactured by Dahua have severe security lapses that enable hackers, including those affiliated with the Chinese government, to access video and audio feeds —
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