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Hackers say they gained access to the feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras after finding a password exposed on the internet.

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.

The hacking collective calling itself "Advanced Persistent Threat 69420" gained access to about 330 Madison County jail cameras. Other facilities that were hacked included hospitals and a Tesla factory.

Hacker group says it gained access to cameras made by Verkada used by Tesla and others to highlight security flaws.

minute read Share this article: Surveillance footage from companies such as Tesla as well as hospitals, prisons, police departments and schools was accessed in the hack. Hackers claim to have breached Silicon Valley startup Verkada to gain unauthorized access to live feeds of 150,000 security cameras. They claim, the hack gave them widespread access to surveillance footage within companies such as Tesla and Cloudflare, as well as hospitals, companies, law-enforcement departments, schools and prisons. The group provided video footage from cameras managed by San Mateo, Calif.-based...