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Royal Navy China Spy Camera Scandal

The UK's Royal Navy discovered that surveillance cameras installed on its K3 Scout drones were secretly transmitting operational data to China, raising major questions about defense procurement oversight and national security.

3 stories · since Aug 9

Combined activity · last 2 days peak 25/hr

Peak 25 items in one hour at Aug 9, 11 PM; 72 items over 2 days Aug 9, 11 AM — 2 items · Memeorandum 2Aug 9, 12 PM — no itemsAug 9, 1 PM — no itemsAug 9, 2 PM — no itemsAug 9, 3 PM — 4 items · Google News 3, Reddit 1Aug 9, 4 PM — no itemsAug 9, 5 PM — 4 items · Google News 4Aug 9, 6 PM — no itemsAug 9, 7 PM — no itemsAug 9, 8 PM — 6 items · Google News 5, Hacker News 1Aug 9, 9 PM — 1 item · X 1Aug 9, 10 PM — no itemsAug 9, 11 PM — 25 items · Techmeme 19, X 5, Hacker News 1Aug 10, 12 AM — no itemsAug 10, 1 AM — no itemsAug 10, 2 AM — 2 items · Google News 1, Hacker News 1Aug 10, 3 AM — no itemsAug 10, 4 AM — no itemsAug 10, 5 AM — 3 items · Hacker News 1, Reddit 1, Press 1Aug 10, 6 AM — no itemsAug 10, 7 AM — 4 items · Press 2, Google News 1, Reddit 1Aug 10, 8 AM — no itemsAug 10, 9 AM — no itemsAug 10, 10 AM — 1 item · Google News 1Aug 10, 11 AM — 2 items · Hacker News 1, Press 1Aug 10, 12 PM — 3 items · Mastodon 2, Reddit 1Aug 10, 1 PM — 2 items · Reddit 1, Press 1Aug 10, 2 PM — 2 items · Hacker News 1, Press 1Aug 10, 3 PM — 1 item · Google News 1Aug 10, 4 PM — no itemsAug 10, 5 PM — 6 items · Google News 4, Press 2Aug 10, 6 PM — no itemsAug 10, 7 PM — no itemsAug 10, 8 PM — no itemsAug 10, 9 PM — no itemsAug 10, 10 PM — no itemsAug 10, 11 PM — no itemsAug 11, 12 AM — no itemsAug 11, 1 AM — no itemsAug 11, 2 AM — 1 item · Hacker News 1Aug 11, 3 AM — no itemsAug 11, 4 AM — no itemsAug 11, 5 AM — no itemsAug 11, 6 AM — no itemsAug 11, 7 AM — 1 item · Mastodon 1Aug 11, 8 AM — 1 item · Hacker News 1Aug 11, 9 AM — no itemsAug 11, 10 AM — no itemsAug 11, 11 AM — no itemsAug 11, 12 PM — no itemsAug 11, 1 PM — no itemsAug 11, 2 PM — 1 item · Bluesky 1Aug 11, 3 PM — no itemsAug 11, 4 PM — no itemsAug 11, 5 PM — no itemsAug 11, 6 PM — no itemsAug 11, 7 PM — no itemsAug 11, 8 PM — no items 25 items · 11 PM
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Major developments 2

SecurityActive · day 2

UK Royal Navy drones found sending data to China via spy cameras

Investigation reveals K3 Scout surveillance drones contained Chinese components transmitting 'heartbeat' signals to China; UK MoD removes connectivity.

Peak 22 items in one 2h at Aug 9, 11 PM; 68 items over 2 days 68 items23k engagement9 sources

How the narrative developed 3 stories

  1. Aug 9

  2. British Royal Navy Discovers Spy Cams on K3 Scout Vessels — Data Was Going Straight to China

    Peak 1 item in one 2h at Aug 9, 11 PM; 2 items over 2 days 2 items0 engagement
  3. Royal Navy Drone Cameras Phoned China, And The Paperwork Said NDAA-Compliant 2 items · 1d ago

  4. UK Royal Navy drones found sending data to China via spy cameras

    Peak 22 items in one 2h at Aug 9, 11 PM; 68 items over 2 days 68 items23k engagement