Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage

guest · Aug 11, 2018

Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage
August 11, 2018
https://www.wired.com/story/police-body-camera-vulnerabilities/

At the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, though, one researcher will present findings that many body cameras on the market today are vulnerable to remote digital attacks, including some that could result in the manipulation of footage.

Mitchell says that the cameras all had some features that were missing key access controls, or relied on default credentials that were easy to determine. [...] Many of the desktop platforms and mobile apps used with the cameras also had issues with access control.

"I can connect to the cameras, log in, view media, modify media, make changes to the file structures. Those are big issues."

"The fact that some law enforcement evidence-collecting devices can be hacked evokes some true nightmare scenarios," says Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union.
Click to expand...

Minimalist · Oct 31, 2018

A Rare Issue Is Causing Police Body Cameras to Explode

The New York Police Department announced earlier this month that it is removing nearly 3,000 Vievu LE5 body cameras after one patrolling officer’s camera, while still secured to his chest, started smoking. Once removed, the device caught fire and eventually exploded. There were no injuries, but the camera’s internal battery may have ignited, according to the NYPD. The police commissioner directed officers with older models to continue to use them, but the issue could cause the agency to fall short of its goal to equip all 23,000 patrolling officers with cameras by the end of the year.
Click to expand...

https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/10/rare-issue-causing-police-body-cameras-explode/152459/

Log in or Sign up

Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage

guest Guest

Minimalist Registered Member

Log in or Sign up

Police Bodycams Can Be Hacked to Doctor Footage

guest Guest

Minimalist Registered Member

Useful Searches