Nebraska Sues Video Surveillance Camera Company for Links to Cybersecurity Risks
The Nebraska Attorney General sued Resideo Technologies and ADI Global Distribution Monday, accusing them of marketing and selling cameras to Nebraskans manufactured by China-based firms that the U.S. government has said pose national security and cybersecurity risks.
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Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Zhejiang Dahua Technology “have been subject to sanctions by the U.S. government for national-security risks and human-rights violations” since 2019, the lawsuit, filed in state court, said. Additionally, “researchers have repeatedly found that these companies’ cameras are subject to serious security risks.”
Despite this, Resideo and ADI have been “white labeling” and making "deceptive statements and omissions" about Hikvision and Dahua cameras they sell, the complaint said, adding this is in violation of Nebraska’s Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The attorney general’s office seeks to “address the serious privacy and security risks posed” and end the misleading of customers, according to a release.
“Nebraskans install security cameras to protect their families, homes, and businesses -- not to invite hidden surveillance into the most private parts of their lives,” said Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R). “Selling cameras with known security risks while marketing them as ‘secure’ is deceptive and dangerous. That kind of conduct will not be tolerated in Nebraska.”
Resideo and ADI did not respond to a request for comment.