Dahua Declared "Chinese Military Company" By US DoD
Dahua has joined Hikvision on the official US Defense Department list of "Chinese Military Companies", along with several other PRC manufacturers including DJI and Cloudwalk.
This expands US actions against Dahua (already NDAA banned, FCC threat list, Secure Equipment Act covered) plus increases the risk of the company being added to a US investment blacklist run by the Treasury Department.
Dahua has repeatedly and strongly denied any PRC government influence. In this note, IPVM examines this news and its impact.
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