"Never assume your camera is secure," he said.
He advises those with such cameras at home to ensure their software is up to date and to avoid using simple passwords.
"Usually, it is the result of poor password management." "Hacking of IP cameras is possible if they are accessible from a central cloud service or exposed to the Internet," he said. Mr Clement Lee, the solution architect for Asia-Pacific for Check Point Software Technologies, said many IP cameras are at risk as they are typically installed to be accessed remotely via the Internet.
It also claims that VIP members will be taught how to "explore, watch live and even record" hacked cameras through tutorials and personalised sessions. The group claims to have a list of more than 50,000 hacked cameras that members can access. A 700MB "sample", containing about 4,000 videos and pictures from the hacked footage, is provided free.Ī significant portion of the clips seemed to be from IP cameras in Singapore.
The victims appear to be from various countries, including Thailand, South Korea and Canada. The group, which can be found on social messaging platform Discord, has almost 1,000 members across the globe.Īs of Saturday, it has claimed to have shared more than 3TB of clips with over 70 members who paid a subscription fee of US$150 (S$203) for lifetime access.
They are installed for security purposes or to remotely monitor children, the elderly, domestic workers and pets.Ī closer check of the videos revealed that a group dedicated to hacking IP cameras was behind the hacking. The footage appears to be from Internet Protocol (IP) cameras that are common in homes here.
In many videos tagged as being from Singapore, the homes have layouts typical of a Housing Board flat.
One of them is an O-level Ten-Year Series book used by students preparing for the exam. In one video, time-stamped March 2020, a teenage girl can be seen in a white T-shirt and panties with school books around her. Some are seen using the toilet with the door ajar. Many faces can be clearly seen in locations such as the living room and bedrooms. Most of them are in various states of undress or compromising positions. The videos, which can last from under a minute to more than 20 minutes, feature couples, breastfeeding mothers and even children. All Rights Reserved.Security cameras in Singapore homes have been hacked, with the footage stolen and shared online.Ĭlips from the hacked footage have been uploaded on pornographic sites recently, with several explicitly tagged as being from Singapore. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2019 and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc.2019. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes.