This is an issue of national security of the highest order. In fact this may be a result of treasonous oversight. As noted by esteemed surveillance publications and online resources such as IPVM, Hikvision was founded as Research Institute No. 52. Now, as a state sponsored business, it continues to receive funding from the Chinese government to the tune of $6 billion and is led by a Chinese Minister of Defense!
They've been hacked before while protecting Chinese assets, but we are REQUIRING Hikvision cameras in a US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan! Are we TRYING to give away sensitive state secrets to the Chinese?
We demand answers and a policy change to prevent this breach of security and violation of the Buy American Act! Even if we are to buy Chinese cameras, Hikvision should be banned.