Hackers just pulled off one of the most mind-boggling hacks of 2021 so far

Image caption: An illustration of a hacked computer screen is shown. Image source: James Thew / Adobe. Article by Andy Meek. BGR – March 11, 2021.

The Silicon Valley security startup Verkada which suffered a major security breach that was disclosed a few days ago — in which hackers were able to compromise more than 150,000 security cameras that connected to everything from gyms, jails, schools, hospitals, and Tesla factories — said on Wednesday that it now has everything back under control, and all customer systems once again secured. The Verkada security camera systems were hacked by an international collective that reportedly wanted to show that the company wasn’t taking security seriously enough, with the group going on to claim it was able to access all Verkada customer video archives. […]

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