Leaked logs show camera imaged 50,000 vehicles in 21 days
2 Sep 16 9:18 AM · 8d ago · 10 articles · 12 posts · 2 comments · 5 sources · development 2 of 6
Analysis of the extracted logs found the device photographed roughly 50,200 vehicles and generated about 1.6 million images over 21 days, and that it could also detect pedestrians, not just plates.
stegan0gram Hacker collectiveMicah Flee Independent security researcherFlock Safety Manufacturer of the ALPR camera404 Media / WIRED Journalists who broke the joint investigationDDoSecrets Data leak publisher
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4 outlets Flock ALPR camera
first by Distributed Denial of Secrets Recently …, 8d ago · also 404 Media, HN Best, HN Frontpage
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- Hacker collective stegan0gram dismantles a Flock camera, recovering an encryption key and showing it runs ~20 apps on a midrange smartphone-grade processor 404 Media · 8d ago
- Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera HN Best · 8d ago
- Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Works HN Frontpage · 8d ago
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Flock ALPR camera (28.55 GB) Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track both vehicles and people, and demonstrates the fundamental security problem with privacy invading devices like those…
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This reporting was done in collaboration with 404media. Here's the discussion for 404's article: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726577Distributed Denial of Secrets has published the partition images:
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NEW: Hackers cut down a Flock camera, dumped its internal storage, and shared the files. It includes thousands of videos and logs showing how the device took images of 50,000 vehicles in days It reveals in new detail how Flock tracks vehicles and people.
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“Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and WIRED, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety's cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.”
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New: hackers tore down a Flock camera and managed to extract the software running on it. Parts were supposed to be encrypted, but the relevant encryption key was just sat there. We analyzed the data to find how a Flock camera really track cars and people https://www. 404media.co/hackers-stole-floc…
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NEW: When @dmehro.bsky.social at @wired.com and @josephcox.bsky.social at @404media.co both got handed the full contents of a Flock camera, we worked together to figure out what it revealed. (WIRED's below, 404's version here:
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https://www. 404media.co/hackers-stole-floc ks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/
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RE: https:// infosec.exchange/@josephcox/11 7280648108635274 # FlockOff # Flock
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