{
  "id": 514837,
  "title": "Cyber Vulnerability Sweep Picks Up Royal Navy Drones Sending Data To China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/cyber-vulnerability-sweep-picks-up-royal-navy-drones-sending-data-to-514837",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/08/10/2043251/cyber-vulnerability-sweep-picks-up-royal-navy-drones-sending-data-to-china"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A routine security assessment found that cameras aboard Royal Navy Kraken unmanned surface vessels were sending \"heartbeat\" signals to an IP address in China. \"A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally,\" said a Ministry of Defense spokesperson. \"Our assurance and testing processes are designed to identify and address…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "UK's Royal Navy sea drones contain component that secretly sent data to China, report claims — government cuts camera connectivity and insists data wasn’t sensitive, only ‘heartbeat communications’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/uks-royal-navy-sea-drones-contain-component-that-secretly-sent-data",
        "published": "2026-08-10T10:31:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}