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40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet
A report from a cybersecurity company last week found that over 40,000 unsecured cameras—including CCTV and security cameras on public transportation, in hospitals, on internet-connected bird feeders and on ATMs—are exposed online worldwide. Cybersecurity risk intelligence company BitSight was able to access and download content from thousands of internet-connected systems, including domestic and commercial webcams, baby monitors, office securit…
A BitSight report shows that more than 40,000 security cameras connected to the Internet worldwide transmit live images unprotected and thus endanger the security and privacy of their users. The article thousands of unsecured cameras endanger security of residential and commercial buildings first appeared on IT-I-Ko.
A BitSight report shows that more than 40,000 security cameras connected to the Internet worldwide transmit live images unprotected and thus endanger the security and privacy of their users.
Surveillance cameras are now quite widespread, but many of them appear to be insufficiently secured.
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