Hikvision’s camera boxes phone home to China and are trivially exploitable - for what it’s worth.
More generally, it appears NASA doesn’t trust software from Chinese entities. As is only prudent, in my opinion.
I suspect this is some sort of blanket federal regulation.
The US Government has been tightening restrictions on Chinese equipment for a while now, particularly ones it has identified as having a close relationship with the PLA.
https://pacs.oregonstate.edu/sites/fa.oregonstate.edu/files/...
It's against the law to do business with those specific companies in the performance of contracts with the federal government.
> Huawei Technologies Company
> ZTE Corporation
> Dahua Technology Company
> Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company
why does it list these specific companies?