On Monday, Swiss authorities announced there was a police raid at the home of a Lucerne Switzerland software engineer. Tillie Kottmann claimed credit for the hacktivist breach of a massive data-trove of security-camera footage. Silicon Valley startup company, Verkada Inc, was collecting and holding this footage.
Verkada sells high-resolution cameras for as low as $599. Additionally, the company sells a professional viewing station that streams up to 36 cameras at once. Customers pay $199 for an annual cloud license.
Hacktivist Group Invades Live Streaming Cloud
Kottmann claimed his team, the Advanced Persistent Threat 69420 hacktivist group, is fewer than 10 people. Supposedly, the hackers accidentally “stumbled” onto log-in details for a Verkada Super-Admin account which was public on the Web.
He bragged about breaking into the cloud-connected camera system which Verkada, the retailer of cameras and software, manages. Clients use webcams to watch videos in real-time online. This left the network vulnerable to attack.
