Security flaw allows strangers to tap into security cameras in private homes
Many consumers may have bought IP cameras to keep a close eye on their homes when they are out, or maybe check on their children to make sure they are behaving. But last thing on their mind is having their security and privacy taken away via the very mean that is meant to protect them.
Well, that’s seemingly occurring to many customers of certain models (including TV-IP110W, TV-IP110WN, TV-IP121WN, and TV-IP410) of Trendnet security cameras, where a security flaw mean hackers (and nosy, tech-savvy internet users) can follow a few steps and log onto many private streaming feeds.
As The Verge reports:
Of course, nudity was found: a woman taking off her pajamas in her bedroom, a young mother standing next to a baby crib at night. Screenshots were made and posted to 4chan for teenage boys to ogle. These cameras were purchased by people who believed they would be making their home or workplace more secure. Instead, they became victims of an intimate and personal invasion of privacy.
While Trendnet has since issued a firmware update to patch the security holes, most users may not be aware of the flaw or aware that their hardware need firmware updates.
This is no doubt the first of many future incidents of how the ‘internet-of-things’ could go wrong.
(Source: theverge.com)
