...these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access.
...the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP.
Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations. The current government of the country, led by populist Robert Fico, initially denied reports that the cameras were of Russian origin and rebuffed any security concerns. Fico has what some would describe as a pro-Russia tilt, but you can read more about that elsewhere, if you are interested.
Ye… Russian and Chinese infiltration are exactly the reason why leftists and centrist blocs in the EU introduced things like the GDPR snd Cybersecurity laws.
And why right wing extremists are constantly subverting efforts for more control and regulation.
Reminds me of Flock in the US. They claim to have no access to outside users when requested, and yet in Denver they kept them up and running and only took them down when bagged so the data would be useless to other users. I feel like at some point we're going to find the justice department or something like Palantir had unlimited access to the whole network the entire time.
Maybe it would be a good idea to spread the rumor that the Russian and china were using flock cameras to help Iran plan a terror attack. But that would be so wrong….
The Liberals I argued with the other day promise me this was physically impossible and that any objection to these cameras just means you want to speed and run red lights. Turns out leftists were right again
Someone is going to Die Hard 4 someone else eventually. In fact, didn't Russia knock a bunch of Ukrainian millitary communications satellites off before they invaded?
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