Verkada breach exposes thousands of surveillance cameras at banks, hospitals, and other sites

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Tesla, Equinox, and Cloudflare are among the victims

An international hacker collective claims to have broken into Verkada, a surveillance and facial recognition startup, gaining access to live feeds of 150,000 cameras installed at banks, hospitals, ...

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