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15,000 private webcams left open to snooping, no password required

Posted on September 21, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Graham Cluley reports:

Once again concerns are being raised about the sorry state of IoT security, after a security researcher discovered over 15,000 private webcams that have been left wide open for anyone with an internet account to monitor.

Avishai Efrat, a white hat researcher working for WizCase, identified thousands of unsecured webcam video feeds are being broadcast from multiple places around the world.

Read more on Bitdefender BOX.

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