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From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras

From Iran to Ukraine, everyone's trying to hack security cameras

Research shows apparent Iranian state hackers trying to hijack consumer-grade cameras.

For decades, satellites, drones, and human spotters have all been part of war’s surveillance and reconnaissance tool kit. In an age of cheap, insecure, Internet-connected consumer devices, however, militaries have gained another powerful set of eyes on the ground: every hackable security camera installed outside a home or on a city street, pointed at potential bombing targets.

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