Konka Group Co., Ltd. — 3 prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address beginning with F8:45:AD, 00:1A:34, or 88:79:5B belongs to Konka Group Co., Ltd. (康佳集团), a Chinese consumer-electronics manufacturer headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong — typically found on smart TVs, home appliances, and other networked consumer hardware the company ships under its own brand.

Konka Group is a publicly listed conglomerate (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 000016), founded in 1980, with roughly 14,500 employees and a product line spanning televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, dishwashers, and smart-home devices such as cloud computers, smart speakers, and portable WiFi hardware. Its IEEE registration lists three independent MA-L blocks under this single legal name.

A related registrant, ShenZhen Konka Telecommunication Technology Co.,Ltd, holds a separate MA-L block (8C:C5:E1) at a different Shenzhen address. The shared "Konka" name and telecommunications-hardware focus suggest a corporate affiliation, but no filing was found confirming a formal parent-subsidiary relationship — that link is treated as Likely rather than Confirmed, and its prefix is kept out of this vendor's core allocation.

No device-type classification exists per individual prefix — maclookup.app resolves the vendor name for all three blocks but maps none of them to a specific product. No CVE, botnet, or default-credential report naming Konka hardware was found as of an August 2026 search. A web-search summary twice fabricated a claim linking Konka TVs to the "EvilScreen" smart-TV attack paper, but direct review of the paper's primary sources confirmed Konka is not mentioned there.

IEEE assignment

F8:45:AD, 00:1A:34, 88:79:5B → Konka Group Co., Ltd., registered Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry F845AD, 001A34, 88795B

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); 3 independent blocks under "Konka Group Co., Ltd." [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry F845AD

HQ / country

Shenzhen Konka R&D Building, 28th floor, 15-24 Nanshan District, Guangdong, CN (postal code field shows 00000, likely a placeholder — Shenzhen postal codes are typically 518000) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry F845AD

Company status

active; publicly listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (000016), founded 1980, ~14,500 employees [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konka_Group

Device types

TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, dishwashers, smart-home hardware (cloud computers, smart speakers, portable WiFi devices) [Likely] — https://www.konka.com/

Notable products

Konka-branded smart TVs and major home appliances [Likely] — https://www.konka.com/

Registration dates

Unknown — IEEE publishes no MAC assignment/registration date; any third-party "date registered" is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact [Unknown]

Related registrant

ShenZhen Konka Telecommunication Technology Co.,Ltd → 8C:C5:E1, registered No.9008 Shennan Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN 518053 — a distinct legal entity sharing the "Konka" name; formal affiliation with Konka Group Co., Ltd. is plausible but unconfirmed [Likely relationship / Confirmed registration] — the IEEE MA-L registry 8CC5E1

Distinct-entity caution

do not conflate with "SHENZHEN ATTEN TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD," an unrelated company whose registered address happens to include the "Konka Guangming Technology Center" building name [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-M registry A024901

Security context

no CVE, botnet, or default-credential report naming Konka hardware found as of an August 2026 search; a web-search summary twice fabricated a Konka-TV link to the EvilScreen paper, disproven by direct review of the primary source [Confirmed absence / Confirmed fabrication caught] — https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.03014

Analyst note

three independent MA-L OUI assignments plus a publicly listed, ~14,500-employee consumer-electronics manufacturer establish genuine company substance beyond a bare registration; treat 8C:C5:E1 as a related-but-distinct registrant, not part of this vendor's core allocation, until affiliation is confirmed [Confirmed]