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The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-vulnerability-sweep-picks-up-royal-navy-drones-sending-data-to-china-tsdy7vrnu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TsDY7vRnu.png og:image:alt: Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cyber vulnerability sweep picks up Royal Navy drones sending data to China **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A cyber vulnerability sweep has discovered Royal Navy drones transmitting data to China, raising significant supply chain and national security concerns. The finding highlights risks associated with hardware sourced from foreign manufacturers embedded in sensitive military operations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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