US charges Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada security camera hack

By Habiba Rashid The hacker Till Kottmann aka “deletescape” has been indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft by the US DOJ. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US charges Swiss hacker behind massive Verkada security camera hack...

Tesla Ransomware Hacker Pleads Guilty; Swiss Hacktivist Charged for Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced updates on two separate cases involving cyberattacks—a Swiss hacktivist and a Russian hacker who planned to plant malware in the Tesla company. A Swiss hacker who was involved in the intrusion of cloud-based surveillance firm Verkada and exposed...

Microsoft Exchange and Verkada Hacks: Isolate Your Apps and APIs from the Internet Cesspool

It's been an interesting start to March in terms of public security incidents. This month kicked off with multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server. And, as if that wasn't enough, that attack was quickly followed by the news that a hacktivis...

Microsoft Exchange and Verkada Hacks: Isolate Your Apps and APIs from the Internet Cesspool

It's been an interesting start to March in terms of public security incidents. This month kicked off with multiple zero-day exploits being used to attack on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server. And, as if that wasn't enough, that attack was quickly followed by the news that a hacktivis...

150,000 Verkada security cameras hacked—to make a point

Hackers were able to gain access to camera feeds from Verkada, a tech company that specializes in video security and physical access control, to demonstrate how prevalent surveillance is, reports say. Unfortunately, it also exposed the inner workings of hospitals, clinics, and mental health...

Breach Exposes Verkada Security Camera Footage at Tesla, Cloudflare

Hackers claim to have breached Silicon Valley startup Verkada to gain unauthorized access to live feeds of 150,000 security cameras. They claim, the hack gave them widespread access to surveillance footage within companies such as Tesla and Cloudflare, as well as hospitals, companies,...