Hikvision responds to "security system vulnerabilities and over 300 people being taken away": false information

The Beijing News Shell Finance Report (Reporter Yan Xia) April 7 — A screenshot about Hikvision was circulated on social media. The image showed that due to a vulnerability in the surveillance system, more than 300 people at Hikvision’s headquarters were taken away for an investigation, including senior management personnel and technical personnel. In response, Shell Finance reporters repeatedly called Hikvision’s investor relations department and the secretary’s office, but the phone line was constantly busy. Later, the reporters learned from Hikvision’s official customer service that this was false information.

On that day, Hikvision’s share price opened with a slight rise. The intraday trading had relatively little volatility, and it closed down slightly by 0.23%, at 30.2 yuan per share. The company’s total market capitalization was approximately 2767.8 billion yuan.

According to the official website, Hikvision was established in 2001. It is a technology company focused on technological innovation, committed to applying IoT sensing, artificial intelligence, and big data technologies to help thousands of industries.

Shell Finance reporters noted that in late October 2025, during a conference call, Hikvision said to the public: “In video products, as the world’s largest manufacturer of video surveillance equipment, Hikvision’s products and technologies both have clear advantages; but Hikvision has long been more than just video products. In recent years, the proportion of non-video products in overall business has continued to increase. In overseas markets, many non-video products not only have large room for growth, but also grow very quickly. For example, alarm products—their global market size actually far exceeds that of China’s domestic market, because overseas users are more inclined to alarm systems rather than relying solely on video surveillance.”

The performance bulletin shows that in 2025, Hikvision achieved total operating revenue of approximately 925.18 billion yuan, up 0.02% year over year; net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was approximately 141.88 billion yuan, up 18.46% year over year.

Editor Yue Caizhou

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