Hackers breach 150,000 security cameras
A group of hackers has claimed to access about 150,000 security cameras, including in prisons, hospitals, and even the Tesla factory. The intruders say they found a login and password in a “super admin” account online.
According to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday, the hackers targeted Silicon Valley security firm Verkada, which sells surveillance cameras that users can handle through an online portal, and violated this “super admin” account, giving all users of the company access to the feed.
In addition to more than 200 cameras at Tesla factories and warehouses, hackers viewed security footage from schools, hospitals – including psychiatric wards – and numerous prisons and jails.
A software engineer who involved in the hack, Tillie Kottmann, told Bloomberg that the blatant breach shows how extensively they were being surveyed, and so on.
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The platform used to do so for minimal maintenance, but nothing more. He said the administrator’s username and password were available on the open web. Kottmann had previously claimed involvement in the leak of hacked material from chipmaker Intel and Nissan Motor Company.
He said lots of curiosity, fighting for the freedom of information and against intellectual property, a huge dose of anti-capitalism, a hint of anarchism motivates cyber collective.
Hackers said they also gained access to the audio of police interviews with suspects, while other Bloomberg footage showed them interrogating a handcuffed man inside a police station in Stephen, Massachusetts.
A spokesman for the California security firm noted they deactivated all internal admin accounts at the company following the report of the intrusion.
