Security News > 2021 > March > Hackers Breach Cameras at Banks, Jails, Tesla and More
A US hacker collective on Tuesday claimed to have tapped into footage from 150,000 security cameras at banks, jails, schools, carmaker Tesla and other sites to expose "The surveillance state."
Images captured from hacked surveillance video were posted on Twitter with an #OperationPanopticon hashtag.
The hacker group claimed to have ferreted out credentials of an high level administrator account at Silicon Valley firm Verkada, which runs a platform operating security systems online.
"Our internal security team and external security firm are investigating the scale and scope of this issue, and we have notified law enforcement."
The Verkada breach shows the risk of outsourcing security surveillance to companies in the internet cloud, according to Rick Holland, chief information security officer at Digital Shadows, a risk protection firm.
"You don't always get more secure when you outsource your security to a third party."
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