Techie buys Axon body camera from eBay; finds unencrypted police videos

Techie buys Axon body camera from eBay; finds unencrypted police videos

Upon analyzing the camera the researcher found a MicroSD card containing sensitive Police data.


eBay is home to millions of products but who could have imagined buying products containing sensitive information belonging to law enforcement authorities?


This is what happened recently when a security researcher who goes by the Twitter handle of @d0tslash  bought an Axon body-worn camera from eBay and was in for a surprise after finding real-life video footage of Fort Huachuca Military Police officials.


For your information, Axon or Axon Enterprise, Inc. is an Arizona-based company that technology products including body cameras to law enforcement authorities in the United States.


@d0tslash was able to extract the data since the camera came with a microSD card inserted in the device. Upon extraction, the researcher realized it contained sensitive information including videos showing cops conducting investigations, raids, and filing paperwork among other sensitive tasks.

One of the screenshots shared by the researcher on their Twitter account:



Data extracted from Axon camera (Image: d0tslash/Twitter)



The researcher took to Twitter to reveal his findings, and posted that:



“Annnnnd this is me shitting my pants as I listen to extracted evidence video from this @axon_us camera sold on eBay… (in bulk lots!) Time to buy em up before they disappear! Collect you some evidence!”


What’s worse is that the data was unencrypted and wasn’t password protected. @d0tslash used a tool called Foremost to extract ..

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