Hack of ‘150,000 cameras’ investigated by camera firm

A hack of up to 150,000 security cameras installed in schools, hospitals and businesses is being investigated by the firm that makes them.

Hackers claim to have breached Verkada, a security company that provides cameras to companies including Tesla.

Bloomberg reported feeds from prisons, psychiatric hospitals, clinics, and Verkada’s own offices were hijacked.

Verkada told the BBC it was “investigating the scale and scope of this issue”.

The company added it had notified law enforcement. However, it did not confirm the size and scale of the attack.

Reuters has also reported that the transport start-up Virgin Hyperloop was among the list of impacted user accounts disclosed by the hackers.

Software provider Cloudflare told the BBC that it had been alerted to a “handful” of cameras that might have been compromised at its office around the world.

A Verkada camera inside a Florida hospital, reportedly seen by Bloomberg, showed what appeared to be eight workers tackling a man and pinning him to a bed.

Another video showed officers in a police station in Stoughton, Massachusetts questioning a man in handcuffs.

One, inside a Tesla warehouse in Shanghai, showed people working on an assembly line.

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