Outlets detail 27,321 extracted clips despite Flock's denials
6 Sep 17 7:30 AM · 7d ago · 2 articles · 14 posts · 4 comments · 6 sources · development 6 of 6
Tom's Hardware and Techspot reported that stegan0gram used an on-device encryption key to extract more than 27,000 video clips and 1.6 million images, contradicting Flock's denials that such keys were stored on the hardware.
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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first by Tom's Hardware, 7d ago · also TechRepublic, Schneier
2 more headlines
- Hackers Crack Flock Camera, Expose 1.6M Images in 21 Days TechRepublic · 5d ago
- Reverse-Engineering Flock Cameras Schneier · 2d ago
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the flock camera data dump is a shower of comedy gold https:// micahflee.com/flock-cameras-ar e-riddled-with-security-vulnerabilities-and-hard-coded-credentials/
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I would be very curious to know if this invalidates their use in court, since the chain of custody is now hypothetically compromised. Then again, I hope that I, personally, never have to find out
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if this data is public information, then why does it need encrypted secrecy, paywalls, or any kind of gatekeeping?if the information does need to be protected from the public, then it must be private data and flock is an illegal system
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Except the sales pitch demo isn't "you can access this camera any time to monitor" it's "we can" with the "we" being thousands of employees, police and any malicious actors who've gained access without us knowing.
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Malwarebytes: Flock cameras are tracking people as well as cars https://www. malwarebytes.com/blog/privacy/ 2026/09/flock-cameras-are-tracking-people-as-well-as-cars # flock # alpr # privacy
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that's amazing. these things suck. That is some vintage android. Kind of fun that with software that old, you just have your pick of exploits, like from a catalogue. Do these cameras get OTA updates? Because if not, and they use those hardcoded API creds, and now the whole world has them...
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to have that much data means each camera got at least 1 terrabyte drive on it. Next time you cut one down fish out those drives, good money. Don't tell your local homeless about it
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If you’re wondering how the hackers got by disk encryption, one of the unencrypted partitions contained the key for an encrypted partition. That’s pretty bad security engineering. https://www. schneier.com/blog/archives/202 6/09/reverse-engineering-flock-cameras.html
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Benn Jordan posited this line of argument in his videos finding a similar number of severe security flaws in these surveillance devices, including R/W access to the video archive I believe. *Personally*, I think it's a good argument, but I'm not sure how it would hold up in court. I'm not sure if there's any prior cases that demonstrate if secure…
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https://www. malwarebytes.com/blog/privacy/ 2026/09/flock-cameras-are-tracking-people-as-well-as-cars?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20260921_septemberweeklynewsletter_v3_178975239915&utm_content=flock_camera
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[Crt.sh](https://crt.sh/?q=%25.flocksafety.com) also lists a lot of services for them. I wonder how many of those accept the same credentials.
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Honestly, this is awesome. I'm hoping for a follow up where someone uses that API key to Rick roll every cop in the US. https://www. 404media.co/hackers-stole-floc ks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/
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Is anybody else also as irritated as me by the 'Flock' brand name? It sounds very condescending, not like a security system for citizens, but one to manage lifestock. Or is this my non-native English striking again and a perfectly normal term in this context? I sure expect someone will make use of the information provided with these leaks, maybe…
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Tired: Destroying Flock Cameras Wired: Reverse-Engineering Flock cameras to recover the encryption keys https://www. 404media.co/hackers-stole-floc ks-camera-software-revealing-how-the-company-tracks-cars-and-people-2/
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It'd be a shame if suddenly, a bunch of videos of silly movie car chases were uploaded into the flock databases.
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Hackers Tear Down Flock Camera and Reveal How Its Surveillance System Works https:// newsfactsnetwork.com/news/hack ers-tear-down-flock-camera-and-reveal-how-its-surveillance-system-works/
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I assumed the name was referring to flocks of birds because they're "eyes in the sky". EDIT: I checked their Wikipedia page and their products are named after birds so that checks out.
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Huh, turns out Flock cameras are essentially an Android camera-on-a-stick and riddled with vulnerabilities. No way. https:// ddosecrets.org/article/flock-a lpr-camera # flock # alpr
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This is genuinely up there as being among the funniest things I've ever seen.
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first thought I had was the same as FRIGN - and you can't tell me they are not internally using this as a double meaning word
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