Thousands Of Webcams Made Publicly Accessible By Software Bug

26 models of Trendnet webcams have been identified as vulnerable to a bug that lets anyone tap into the video stream with just an IP address. The flaw was noted a month ago and the company has been working to alert people and patch the devices. Unfortunately, the company has no way of contacting non-registered webcam owners, and so the devices may remain accessible if the users never suspect anything. It's a bit scary, but certainly not unprecedented. Although it's not quite the same thing, two years ago a school was accused of spying on its students via the webcams in school-owned laptops (the district later settled). This time, it's hackers who found their way in, and randoms on the internet who spent long hours watching the feeds.

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