Hackers pulled down a Flock camera and found 1.6 million images inside
A group called stegan0gram removed a camera from above a roadway, copied most of what was on it and gave the files to 404 Media; the investigation was run with Wired. Logs covering about 21 days held roughly 1.6 million images of 50,200 vehicles and 27,321 video files. The encryption key was sitting in an unencrypted partition on the device. In a 2025 security notice Flock had said that even someone who reached one of its cameras would not be able to get at the footage. In August at least 93 local governments ended their Flock contracts.
Sources
- 404 Media, “Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People”, (404media.co)
- WIRED, “Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works”, (wired.com)
- WIRED, “Flock Offers Employees Buyouts as Customers Flee”, (wired.com)
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This story in Turkish: Hackerlar bir Flock kamerasını söküp içinde 1,6 milyon görüntü buldu
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