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Hackers breach Flock camera, extract millions of images and videos

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Hackers have successfully extracted over 27,000 video clips and 1.6 million images from a stolen Flock camera, contradicting the company's claims of brief on-device storage. The group, stegan0gram, found an encryption key within the camera's Android operating system that unlocked a partition containing the media files. This incident adds to Flock's ongoing privacy controversies, including past misuse by law enforcement and public backlash against its surveillance capabilities. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential privacy risks and security vulnerabilities in edge AI devices used for surveillance.

RANK_REASON The article details a security vulnerability and data breach of a specific product, Flock cameras, rather than a new model release or significant industry-wide event.

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Hackers breach Flock camera, extract millions of images and videos

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The article details a security vulnerability and data breach of a specific product, Flock cameras, rather than a new model release or significant industry-wide event.
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COVERAGE [1]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Jowi Morales ·

    Hackers find encryption keys stored on stolen Flock camera despite company's denials — group extracts more than 27,000 clips, 1.6 million images captured in a span of 21 days from the device

    Hacking group stegan0gram got its hands on a Flock camera and broke into its systems to see how it worked. It turns out that these devices store thousands of clips and captures millions of images, and could also detect people, aside from cars, motorbikes, and license plates.

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