Hack 150,000 surveillance cameras in American institutions

  • Time:Jan 26
  • Written : smartwearsonline
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Electronic infiltrators hacked a huge set of data collected by an emerging company operating in the "Silicon Valley", which hosts the major companies in information and communications, and managed to reach direct clips of 1550 thousand surveillance cameras within the American company "Tesla" for electric cars, in addition to a number of schools, hospitals and prisons,According to reports recently issued.

According to the British newspaper "The Independent", the pirate group succeeded in penetrating the surveillance cameras made by "Verkada" security services in the United States, including cameras planted in police departments, women health clinics, hospitals specialized in psychotherapy, and gyms hallsIn addition to the startup company itself, according to the American "Bloomberg" agency.

The electronic pirates also indicated that they had penetrated the full video of all Verkada customers..

In this regard, Tele Cutman, one of the pirates in the International Hackers Group that succeeded in penetrating the cameras of that company, explained that the purpose of this electronic piracy is to show the extent of the widespread spread of the security cameras of "Verkada" as well as the ease of penetration.

اختراق 150 ألف كاميرا مراقبة في مؤسسات أمريكية

"It seems strange, how can I see the things that we have always known that they are actually happening, but we cannot see it.".

In the details, the group penetrated the security system of "Verkada", using a secret password used by one of the officials, after the infiltrators were found on the Internet, according to their words..

The group was able to access 222 cameras planted in factories and warehouses used by the company "Tesla" for electric cars, which is headed by the business and businessman Elon Musk.Likewise, the pirates who took over the hacking of shots showing workers working in one of the "Tesla" production lines at the Chinese city of Shanghai, China Factory.

In another broadcast from one of the surveillance cameras, the electronic pirates saw policemen in the town.

In a statement he made to the "Independent" newspaper, a spokesman for the company "Verkada" indicated that it had disrupted "all the internal electronic accounts of officials in order to prevent any access to it..Our internal security team and the external security company are conducting investigations and investigations regarding the size and scope of this problem, and we have informed us of law enforcement powers..

In a continuous development, the pirate group stated that it had lost access to the live broadcast of the surveillance cameras when Bloomberg contacted Virkada in this regard..

It remains that "Verkada" provides its security services on its website with the words "We make security smooth and modern like the institutions that we provide protection".