According to sources, security cameras accessed by hackers belong to prisons, hospitals, warehouses, and offices of top firms like Tesla and Cloudflare – More than 100 Verkada Inc. employees also had access to thousands of cameras.
The vulnerable state of IoT devices (Internet of Things) is nothing surprising. From security cameras to smart TVs everything is on the verge of being hacked. That is exactly what happened to Silicon Valley security startup Verkada.
Silicon Valley Security Startup Suffers Security Breach
Verkada is a Silicon Valley security startup that offers cloud-based security camera services. According to Bloomberg, a group of hackers breached Verkada Inc.’s security and gained access to live feeds of around 150,000 surveillance cameras.
The cameras were installed inside hospitals, police departments, companies, schools, and prisons. The hackers, reportedly, collected a massive trove of data from security cameras from the company.
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Verkada acknowledged the breach and stated that they had disabled all internal admin accounts to prevent unauthorized access.
“Our internal security team and external security firm are investigating the scale and scope of this issue, and we have notified law enforcement,” Verkada’s spokesperson stated.
Affected Companies include Verkada, Tesla, and Cloudflare
Bloomberg reports that renowned automaker Tesla Inc. and software maker Cloudflare Inc. and Equinox are the major firms affected by the Verka ..
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