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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera

586 points · 270 comments · driverdan

  1. driverdan · · focus · HN ↗
    This reporting was done in collaboration with 404media. Here&#x27;s the discussion for 404&#x27;s article: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49726577">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=49726577

    Distributed Denial of Secrets has published the partition images: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ddosecrets.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;flock-alpr-camera" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ddosecrets.org&#x2F;article&#x2F;flock-alpr-camera

    1. fullstop · · focus · HN ↗
      I poked around in the boot partition. The kernel is ancient!

      Linux version 3.18.71-perf-gaf770dc

      1. incee · · focus · HN ↗
        3.18.71-perf-gaf770dc is a Qualcomm Android vendor kernel from roughly late 2017. The 3.18 branch went fully EOL in 2019, so nothing after that was ever backported to it.
        1. samudrijan · · focus · HN ↗
          Security through obsolescence!
          1. downrightmike · · focus · HN ↗
            That&#x27;s how we got Chinese APT in our phone systems that we are apparently going to do nothing about. Seriously, can be fixed, AT&amp;T et all just won&#x27;t
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