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Hackers extracted encryption keys from stolen Flock surveillance cameras and pulled over 27,000 video clips and 1.6 million images in just 21 days. The company had denied such vulnerabilities existed.
Hackers extracted encryption keys from stolen Flock surveillance cameras and used them to download over 27,000 video clips and 1.6 million images in just 21 days. The company had previously denied such vulnerabilities were possible. The breach exposed footage that includes homes, yards, and streets captured by the cameras, which are increasingly deployed by law enforcement and private security.
Flock's denial followed by the breach is a credibility collapse. The company marketed these cameras as secure, and the actual vulnerability was serious enough to expose millions of images. More importantly, once encryption keys are compromised, any future footage on those devices is also exposed. Police departments and homeowners using Flock cameras now can't trust the security of their own surveillance data.
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