DHS warns of sharp rise in Chinese-made signal jammers it calls 'tools of terrorism'
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is concerned about the rate at which outlawed signal-jamming devices are being found across the US.
In a warning issued on Wednesday, it said it has seen an 830 percent increase in seizures of these signal jammers since 2021, specifically those made in China.
Signal-jamming devices are outlawed in the US, mainly because they can interfere with communications between emergency services and law enforcement.
Related Knowledge Center: Digital privacy and data security
If you’re online, you’re generating a constant stream of information about yourself — sometimes voluntarily, sometimes unwittingly — that is assembled and used to craft your online experience. And generate wealth for data brokers. Meanwhile, designers and managers of the digital infrastructure on which the world depends are engaged in a never-ending effort to thwart attempts, by both criminal enterprises and state actors, to exploit vulnerabilities in those systems.
Signalgate | State surveillance