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Hackers compromise 14,500 Dahua web cameras in 35-day campaign

BleepingComputer · · International · Data Breaches

In a large-scale campaign that researchers dubbed CameraSwarm, hackers compromised more than 14,500 Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. [...]

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