The Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday said it has launched a comprehensive inspection of dashboard cameras installed in military vehicles, adding that if a device is found to have been made in China, the ministry would immediately stop using it.
The security of military facilities came under scrutiny after Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) last month said that the army’s Lanyang Regional Command used China-made photoelectric inverters.
The same contractor also sold military industrial computers as well as routers produced by Huawei Technologies Co (華為), he said.
Photo: Screen grab from the Military Police Command’s Facebook page
The information has prompted the Armaments Bureau to replace these facilities and launch a comprehensive inspection. Results of the inspection are expected to be published soon.
Some lawmakers also questioned the security of dashboard cameras installed in vehicles of commanders supervising the combat readiness of the military and other high-ranking generals. Contractors could label China-made products as made in Taiwan and sell them to the military, which could expose travel details of high-ranking military officials, they said.
Dashboard cameras are installed to ensure the safety of military vehicles, the ministry said, adding that the devices are regulated in line with its guidelines.
If contractors contravened the rules by selling dashboard cameras, it would allow people with malicious intent to follow the whereabouts of military officials and commanders through malware that negates normal authentication procedures, the ministry said.
“We have launched a comprehensive inspection. Any China-made device found in the military would be replaced immediately. Contractors who breach terms of the contract, as well as the military personnel who handled the contracts, would be held accountable,” it said.
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