Posted on 11/20/2014 7:37:04 AM PST by BenLurkin
The footage has been has been obtained from cameras using default passwords or without any passwords at all, allowing hackers to use software and search tools to scan the internet for feeds that can be accessed using the camera's' default setting.
The most commonly listed camera brand on the website was Chinese-made Foscam, followed by Linksys and then Panasonic.
A Linksys spokesperson told the BBC: “We are still trying to determine which Linksys IP cameras are referenced on the site. We believe they are older Linksys IP cameras which are no longer being manufactured.
“For these cameras we do not have a way to force customers to change their default passwords. We will continue to educate consumers that changing default passwords is extremely important to protect themselves from unwanted intruders.”
Over 500 cameras in the UK accessible this way have been listed on the website, as well as 4,591 cameras in the U.S., 2,059 in France and 1,576 in the Netherlands.
UK information commissioner Christopher Graham said he wanted to "sound a general alert", warning "there are people out there who are snooping".
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Electrical Tape is your Friend!
Kinda of counter productive for security cams, don't you think?
Works great for my ‘check engine’ light as well!
This “hack” has been around for something like 25 years. Back in the day, a phreaker (phone hacker) would war dial for answering machines and subsequently prank the ones with the default password on (nearly all).
The most onerous of the things to do was to change the message to “HI! pause... Oh yea, sure, no problem” (or similar). With that done, you could refer to that number for 3rd party billing and the operator would pass the charges of the phreaker’s call on to that number.
Spare the tape spoil the job.
Red Green
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