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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera

586 points · 270 comments · driverdan

driverdan · 1789564956 · focus · HN ↗
This reporting was done in collaboration with 404media. Here's the discussion for 404's article: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726577">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49726577
Distributed Denial of Secrets has published the partition images: <a href="https://ddosecrets.org/article/flock-alpr-camera" rel="nofollow">https://ddosecrets.org/article/flock-alpr-camera
1. fullstop · 1789567799 · focus · HN ↗
  I poked around in the boot partition. The kernel is ancient!
  Linux version 3.18.71-perf-gaf770dc
  1. datakan · 1789567931 · focus · HN ↗
    The oldest supported kernel is 5.10 and that loses support in December. That's wild they are using a 3.X kernel
    iririririr · 1789592435 · focus · HN ↗
    You'd be surprised how many things you use daily that people still backport the bare minimum to clig to 2.4.x forever
    anitil · 1789603698 · focus · HN ↗
    Yeah I've seen plenty of kernels that start with a 2 with no forward path possible due to "we don't know how to get our driver working anymore"

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