Spy cams on British Navy drones sent signals to China, says Telegraph report. UK denies data breach

The Marines have been using the £12 million fleet since March. After discovering the security issue, the MoD removed all internet connectivity from the cameras. Beijing may have sought to gather information about Britain’s military, amid years of warnings from British security officials about the threat posed by China. The drones were supplied by Kraken Technology Group, a major British defense contractor, which had obtained the cameras from a third-party supplier that provided assurances about their security. An investigation found that the cameras were transmitting “heartbeat communications”—data intended to confirm that the devices were online and operating normally—to an IP…