Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Anzu Robotics over alleged “trojan horse” drones linked to Beijing
Texas AG Ken Paxton accuses Anzu Robotics of misleading consumers by hiding its ties to Chinese drone giant DJI, alleging the drones act as a “21st-century trojan horse” for Chinese Communist Party (CCP) surveillance and data exploitation.
The lawsuit claims Anzu’s Raptor T drone is essentially a rebranded DJI Mavic 3, with identical hardware and firmware—meaning it retains the same security vulnerabilities as blacklisted DJI products.
DJI has been sanctioned multiple times by U.S. agencies since 2020 for aiding CCP human rights abuses, military-civil fusion and surveillance of Uyghur Muslims, raising concerns that Anzu drones could serve as a CCP backdoor.
Anzu allegedly concealed its financial and technological reliance on DJI while marketing itself as an American-owned, Malaysian-made alternative, failing to inform consumers of the risks.
This lawsuit is part of Texas’ wider push against CCP-linked tech firms, including TP-Link, as Governor Abbott adds DJI and TP-Link to the state’s prohibited companies list—urging consumers to demand transparency and reject deceptive products.
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