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There was also a Chinese food chain restaurant in Vancouver that admitted that their home office in China demanded that they have constant access to cameras in their restaurants in Canada.
In short, if your video is online it is open to all.
Hack of video security company Verkada exposes footage from 150,000 connected cameras
By Dan Patterson
Updated on: March 10, 2021 / 7:02 PM / CBS News
Video and AI security company Verkada was breached, giving hackers access to over 150,000 internet-connected security cameras that were being used inside schools, jail cells, hospital ICUs, and major companies like Tesla, Nissan, Equinox, Cloudflare and others.
The hack was conducted by a loose-knit anti-corporate hactivist group called APT-69420, based in Switzerland. According to the group's representative Till Kottmann, they accessed Verkada's systems on March 8 and the hack lasted for 36 hours. She described Verkada, a Silicon Valley-based startup, as a "fully-centralized platform" which made it easy for her team to access and download footage from thousands of security cameras. The leaked footage appears to include major companies and institutions, but not private homes.
The video and images purport to capture a range of activities that might be sensitive, like security video from the Tesla car manufacturing line and a screenshot from inside the security firm Cloudflare. Some of the material is highly personal, including video of patients in hospital intensive care units and prisoners inside the Madison County Jail in Huntsville, Alabama.
In short, if your video is online it is open to all.
Hack of video security company Verkada exposes footage from 150,000 connected cameras
One hacker decried "nonexistent and irresponsible" lack of security on cameras used inside hospitals, prisons and major companies.
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Hack of video security company Verkada exposes footage from 150,000 connected cameras
By Dan Patterson
Updated on: March 10, 2021 / 7:02 PM / CBS News
Video and AI security company Verkada was breached, giving hackers access to over 150,000 internet-connected security cameras that were being used inside schools, jail cells, hospital ICUs, and major companies like Tesla, Nissan, Equinox, Cloudflare and others.
The hack was conducted by a loose-knit anti-corporate hactivist group called APT-69420, based in Switzerland. According to the group's representative Till Kottmann, they accessed Verkada's systems on March 8 and the hack lasted for 36 hours. She described Verkada, a Silicon Valley-based startup, as a "fully-centralized platform" which made it easy for her team to access and download footage from thousands of security cameras. The leaked footage appears to include major companies and institutions, but not private homes.
The video and images purport to capture a range of activities that might be sensitive, like security video from the Tesla car manufacturing line and a screenshot from inside the security firm Cloudflare. Some of the material is highly personal, including video of patients in hospital intensive care units and prisoners inside the Madison County Jail in Huntsville, Alabama.