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Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Dissent

Graham Cluley writes that Singapore residents have discovered the ugly truth that video from their in-home security cams has been hacked and embarrassing footage put up for sale:

as local media reports, clips stolen from more than 50,000 hacked cameras have been uploaded to pornographic websites, and X-rated footage sold to people prepared to pay a subscription fee of US $150.

As Singapore’s The New Paper describes, videos surreptitiously stolen from hacked cameras feature couples, breastfeeding mums, and even teenagers and children – with many captured in “various states of undress or compromising positions.”

Read more on GrahamClulely.com.

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