[HN Gopher] Hackers Break into Thousands of Security Cameras, Ex... ___________________________________________________________________ Hackers Break into Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jail, Hospital Author : f430 Score : 41 points Date : 2021-03-09 22:11 UTC (48 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.bnnbloomberg.ca) (TXT) w3m dump (www.bnnbloomberg.ca) | ocdtrekkie wrote: | Putting surveillance video on the cloud is... kinda dumb. It's | rarely viewed outside your network, and local drives cost | drastically less than the bandwidth needs. Also it's incredibly | sensitive data that shouldn't leave your network without really | good reason anyways. | | The solution to this hack is simple: Shut this company down, | because it's a bad idea. | DoofusOfDeath wrote: | In the U.S. legal system, is video footage exposed in this manner | admissible in court? | | E.g., if a prison inmate was physically abused by staff, and his | only corroborating evidence would be this video footage, can it | be used to justify a civil or criminal complaint? | dylan604 wrote: | IANAL, but from all of the cop shows on TV, if the lawyer was | provided the evidence and did not break laws themself OR as | long as the lawyer did not entice someone else to commit the | offense or provide instructions on what to do, then typically | the judge allows the evidence. | ocdtrekkie wrote: | I think so? Law enforcement can't break into something without | a warrant, but if someone brings them evidence of wrongdoing | (especially a third party who didn't conduct the hack | themselves), I believe they can act on it. | swiley wrote: | To the surprise of _absolutely no one_ closed IP cameras that | rely on a manufacturer run internet service are not secure. | | Consumer electronics really suck, I wish there was an alternative | to the DIY approach of Linux SBCs with rsync over ssh. | judge2020 wrote: | Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26404799 | [deleted] | mensetmanusman wrote: | This is amazing. If they would have added software to the cameras | to mine bitcoin, it would've been absolute peak cyber punk. | | People that sell video cameras attached to the Internet should | always have a disclaimer that the user should assume that the | system will probably be accessible by anyone at some point in the | future. | | I believe Samsung started doing this with their TVs in regards to | audio. | | We are certainly building ourselves an interesting future. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-03-09 23:00 UTC)