In the blocks surrounding the White House, the United States Capitol and the Pentagon, Hikvision cameras keep a watchful eye. In fact, at least 2,900 products from the Chinese security camera company alone monitor the streets of the US capital, according to Shodan, a platform that collects data on internet-connected devices. But now officials inside those buildings could be considering a move that would make Hikvision one of the country’s top Chinese company targets, eliminating its presence in the United States and potentially ending its rapid global expansion. Reports surfaced last week that the Treasury Department was considering hitting Hikvision with the harshest sanctions in the US toolkit, placing it on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list. This designation would block all US trade and investment in the company and prohibit it from interacting with the US financial system, making it much more difficult.
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