Wow. According to a source that spoke with @ipvideo, "it was known at [Verkada] not to tell customers that," Verkada could look at customer's cameras. Very big deal if true. https://t.co/g6GrteHEhs

— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) March 10, 2021

"Verkada employees abused their own surveillance cameras installed in the company office to harass coworkers, including joking about women colleagues identified by the cameras and making sexually explicit jokes about them. Initially, the company did not fire the respective..."? https://t.co/QFqpTSGw1y

— ⠼⠚⠝⠞⠺Em ⠼⠁⠞⠞⠑⠗ (@Em0nTw1tter) March 10, 2021

Per Verkada's website all of its cameras include facial recognition tools. The cameras can detect “meaningful events" and “unusual motion." After detecting faces, "a...web app allows the camera’s admin to search over time for footage that includes that specific person." https://t.co/vjtebbfNmh

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) March 9, 2021

"A hacked customer list shows that facial recognition company Verkada is deployed in tens of thousands of schools, bars, stores, jails, and other businesses around the country"https://t.co/5fyacGNb37

— Fabio Chiusi (@fabiochiusi) March 10, 2021

??? “the group managed to gain Super Admin-level access to Verkada’s system using a username and password they found publicly on the internet. From there, they were able to access the entire company’s network, including root access to the cameras” https://t.co/RaWDvl2LUT

— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) March 10, 2021

I know it's unfashionable to be surprised by bad things, but I'm genuinely surprised so many companies would install security cameras inside their facilities that can be remotely logged into by staff at the company that makes the cameras https://t.co/sxVuR9RH5t

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) March 10, 2021

New: obtained the list of customers of facial recognition company Verkada from the hackers. Filtering provides over 24,000 unique entities. The spread of these cameras that come preloaded with facial recognition is truly staggering when laid out like this https://t.co/YJg3hQL1sr pic.twitter.com/lOWS42Qs1M

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) March 9, 2021

Unclear whether every one of these 24,000 entities are actively using the facial recognition features of Verkada's cameras. But they come prebaked with that capability. https://t.co/YJg3hQL1sr pic.twitter.com/DopJ0M5lEk

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) March 9, 2021

SCOOP: Hackers have breached Verkada, a security camera company. Hackers were able to access LIVE FEEDS of 150,000 cameras from Tesla, Cloudflare, schools, hospitals, prisons, and thousands of other organizations. https://t.co/CsG0VhtY3U

— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) March 9, 2021

“hackers’ methods were unsophisticated: they gained access to Verkada through a “Super Admin” account, allowing them to peer into the cameras of all of its customers. Kottmann says they found a user name and password for an administrator account publicly exposed on the internet.” https://t.co/4fMV4gZXeX

— Katie Moussouris (she/her) is getting vaccinated (@k8em0) March 9, 2021

Every startup's nightmare. Nothing is 100% secure, but this is bad. I don't know how you recover from publicly visible breaches with that many high profile clients early on when you're trying to gain traction. https://t.co/Ep5oYPtV7g

— Lisa Abeyta (@LisaAbeyta) March 9, 2021

Verkada is screwed for such bad security, but the invasive level of surveillance demanded by its customers feels even worse? https://t.co/0LtcFg5Uiv

— ???? ????? (@alexhcranz) March 10, 2021

Your regular reminder that security cameras are insecurity cameras.https://t.co/Ms1Sm9Q0QW

— Robᵉʳᵗ Graham?, provocateur (@ErrataRob) March 10, 2021

about to publish one of the craziest stories ive ever worked on

— William Turton (@WilliamTurton) March 9, 2021

Coronavirus bill includes nearly $2 billion to secure and improve government tech. @tonyajoriley w/@aaronjschaffer in The Cybersecurity 202: https://t.co/EymEXKHhuv

— Olivier Knox (@OKnox) March 10, 2021

Coronavirus bill includes nearly $2 billion to secure and improve government tech. @tonyajoriley w/@aaronjschaffer in The Cybersecurity 202: https://t.co/2MVRTN1KPZ

— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) March 10, 2021

Coronavirus bill includes nearly $2 billion to secure and improve government tech. @tonyajoriley w/@aaronjschaffer in The Cybersecurity 202: https://t.co/R427oRDVrF

— LenaSun (@bylenasun) March 10, 2021

There's no such thing as "secure" mass surveillance.
This ?massive breach? of CCTV and facial recognition devices in the US and Europe shows how #BiometricMassSurveillance makes us all less safe.#ReclaimYourFace https://t.co/Pn1LRku757

— Reclaim Your Face (@ReclaimYourFace) March 10, 2021

Surveillance makes people less safe, not more safe
Surveillance makes people less safe, not more safe
Surveillance makes people less safe, not more safe
Surveillance makes people less safe, not more safe
Surveillance makes people less safe, not more safehttps://t.co/4r2M9DeFFm

— Evan Greer (@evan_greer) March 10, 2021

Good stuff @jason_koebler & @josephfcox https://t.co/oZRjAmyGnv

— A (@A_ofAnon2020) March 10, 2021

NEW: We got Verkada's customer list, which includes 24,000 businesses, schools, bars, jails, restaurants, etc.

Shows that facial recognition is already WIDELY deployed throughout the country.https://t.co/3PIzssqcrk

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) March 9, 2021

.@TheLastRefuge2 Hacked Surveillance Camera Firm Shows Staggering Scale of Facial Recognitionhttps://t.co/eAhOliQEfF

— David ShoelessJoe?? (@yohiobaseball) March 10, 2021

Hacked Surveillance Firm Shows Staggering Scale of Facial Recognition ⁦@jason_koebler⁩ ⁦@josephfcox⁩ ⁦@VICEfr⁩ ? prompts me to link our Guidelines on Facial recognition... https://t.co/vUxzEOwPC1 #dataprotection #convention108 https://t.co/YjoDRSs5kc

— Sophie Kwasny (@SophieKwasny) March 10, 2021

Hacked #Surveillance Camera Firm Shows Staggering Scale of Facial Recognition

"A hacked customer list shows that facial recognition company #Verkada is deployed in tens of thousands of schools, bars, stores, jails, and other businesses around the country"https://t.co/va3CUu2Rlj

— Manuel Atug (@HonkHase) March 10, 2021

Breach Exposes Verkada Security Camera Footage at Tesla, Cloudflare https://t.co/P69w18Hcd2 #vulnerabilities #hacks #security #malware #privacy #ransomware #databreach #iot #nsa #infosec #phishing #0day #privacy #cybersecurity

— Lance Schukies (@LanceSchukies) March 10, 2021

Hackers claim to have breached Silicon Valley startup Verkada to gain unauthorized access to live feeds of 150,000 security cameras. https://t.co/iWSK4pgmRP#cybersecurity #security #cyberattack #cybercrime #hacking #securitycamera #tesla #siliconvalley #verkada #DataBreach pic.twitter.com/74Pelj80G7

— RevBits (@RevBits) March 10, 2021

Breach Exposes Verkada Security Camera Footage at Tesla, Cloudflare https://t.co/Hazv8AJf65 #IoT #Vulnerabilities #WebSecurity via @threatpost pic.twitter.com/IvTWgka2ha

— EdiAcoo (@AcooEdi) March 10, 2021