Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed his third lawsuit in as many days against a company he says is tied to the Chinese Communist Party—this time targeting a baby monitor and home security brand used by Texas families.
Paxton sued Lorex Technology Inc. and Lorex Corporation, alleging the company misled Texans by selling cameras that are manufactured, sourced, and serviced by Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., a Chinese firm the U.S. government has designated a national security risk and identified as a Chinese military company.
According to the lawsuit, Lorex baby monitors and home security cameras contain Dahua components, raising the risk that the Chinese government could exploit Texans’ devices and access footage from inside their homes, including nurseries.
The attorney general’s office notes that Dahua has already been added to Texas’ Prohibited Technologies List, which bans its hardware from use on state‑owned devices and networks due to security concerns.
Lorex’s ownership has shifted in recent years. Dahua acquired Lorex in 2018 and held it until November 24, 2022—just one day before the Federal Communications Commission announced it would no longer approve new Dahua products for the U.S. market.
Lorex was then sold to Skywatch Inc., a Taiwan‑based company, but Paxton’s lawsuit says Dahua has continued to be involved in Lorex’s operations even after the sale.
The attorney general argues that Texans were never clearly told that a company linked to the CCP and flagged as a national security concern remained embedded in the supply chain of products marketed as keeping their homes and children “safe.”
Paxton accuses Lorex of building its brand on parents’ instinct to protect their children, while quietly exposing them to foreign security risks.
“Lorex has exploited parents’ God-given desire to protect their kids and left them vulnerable to threats from China,” Paxton said in announcing the lawsuit, warning that any company enabling CCP influence over Texans’ devices “will face the full force of the law.”
The suit alleges Lorex engaged in deceptive trade practices by obscuring Dahua’s role in its cameras and failing to fully disclose the nature of its ties to a blacklisted Chinese military‑linked company.
The lawsuit is brought under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and seeks to stop Lorex’s alleged deceptive marketing and business practices.
Paxton is asking the court to impose civil penalties of up to $10,000 per violation, which could add up significantly depending on how many sales or transactions the court finds were misleading under state law.
This lawsuit follows a formal investigation into Lorex that Paxton’s office opened in 2025 to examine the company’s relationship with Dahua and potential security risks posed to Texas consumers.
The action against Lorex is part of a broader, coordinated campaign by Paxton’s office to confront companies he says serve as back doors for Chinese influence and surveillance.
Earlier this week, Paxton sued networking‑equipment maker TP‑Link, accusing it of hiding Chinese ties and allowing Beijing access to Americans’ routers and devices, and he also filed suit against Anzu Robotics, alleging its “American” drones are essentially rebranded DJI products linked to the CCP.
Lorex did not respond to a request for comment before publication.
