Get Permission Security researchers say they were able to remotely access Verkada cameras used by numerous organizations, including at this Tesla warehouse in Shanghai. Security researchers say vulnerabilities in a Silicon Valley startup's internet-accessible surveillance cameras could have allowed them to gain full, remote access to all customers' networks. But at least some customers dispute that the flaws could have been exploited to allow ethical hackers - or others - to pivot inside their network. San Mateo, California-based Verkada, which manages and maintains 150,000 remotely accessible surveillance cameras for numerous organizations, says it's investigating the remote access to its devices. Tillie Kottmann, a Switzerland-based researcher and self-described member of the APT 69420 "Arson Cats" group - a tongue-in-cheek riff on the names cybersecurity firms assign to nation-state and cybercrime hackers they track - says the group on Monday was able to gain administrator-level access to Verkada cameras used inside facilities run by carmaker Tesla, web infrastructure firm Cloudflare and identity and access management vendor Okta as well as at Arizona's Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital.