Hackers breached thousands of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc. to access live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras, according to Bloomberg. Companies whose footage was exposed included Tesla and software provider Cloudflare Inc.
Hackers say they have access to the full video archive of all Verkada customers.
The data breach was conducted by an international hacker collective and revealed how systems are vulnerable to attacks.
Verkada said its security team and an external firm are investigating the scale and scope of the attack.
The company is also working to notify customers and set up a support line to address questions.
The hackers are said to have used a “Super Admin” account to gain access to Verkada, allowing them to peer into the cameras of all of its customers.
In October 2020, Verkada fired three employees after allegedly using its cameras to survey female colleagues inside the Verkada office and make sexually explicit jokes about them.
Hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons, and schools are among the institutions whose surveillance cameras were exposed.
