A Korean cybersecurity expert has been sentenced to prison for illegally accessing and distributing private videos from vulnerable "wallpad" cameras in 400,000 private households.

A Korean cybersecurity expert has been sentenced to prison for illegally accessing and distributing private videos from vulnerable “wallpad” cameras in 400,000 private households.

  • amzd@kbin.social
    32·
    6 months ago

    During the court hearing it was revealed that the same man had actually given an interview in Feburary 2019, in which he had demonstrated how simple it was to hack into wallpads - describing them as something that “middle schoolers with basic knowledge of computers can easily hack.”

    The company of these cameras didn’t fix their security issue for 5 years… How are those people not in jail too.

    • sugar_in_your_teaEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Yeah, anything after 6 months should be criminal negligence, and fines should start after a month or less.