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WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - A group of hackers gained access to about 150,000 live-feed surveillance cameras developed by startup Verkada Inc. used inside hospitals, companies, police departments
The hacking collective claims to have gained access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras, including ones in hospitals, jails, schools, gyms and companies.
Hackers breach thousands of security cameras in US, exposing Tesla, jails, hospitals
Bloomberg
March 10 |
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March 10, 2021
Video footage was captured from Sequoia-backed start-up Verkada A group of hackers say they breached a massive trove of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley start-up Verkada, gaining access to live feeds of 1.5 lakh surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons and schools in the US.
Companies whose footage was exposed include carmaker Tesla and software provider Cloudflare Inc. In addition, hackers were able to view video from inside women’s health clinics, psychiatric hospitals and the offices of Verkada itself. Some of the cameras, including in hospitals, use facial-recognition technology to identify and categorise people captured on the footage. The hackers say they also have access to the full video archive of all Verkada customers.