Category: CCTV

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The Telegram messaging app has emerged as a hub for criminal activities, serving as a platform for data exchange among various illicit networks. Criminals, ranging from drug and child traffickers to cybercriminals, are increasingly utilizing Telegram to facilitate their nefarious operations.

One recent instance of cybercrime involves the distribution of hacked intimate CCTV videos, which are being sold on the platform. These videos, featuring content from bedrooms, are in high demand, with a dedicated Telegram channel named Vnexpress offering them for sale. The videos are priced at $3 per clip, and subscription options for quarterly, half-yearly, and annual plans are available at a cost-effective rate of $29.

Particularly disturbing is the demand for videos containing intimate moments from bedrooms, shedding light on the perverse interests of those purchasing such content. The Vnexpress channel, operating out of Russia, specializes in selling these compromising videos, exposing the private lives of families and businesses in Vietnam.

Notably, certain videos showcase bedroom footage of couples from countries like Canada, the United States, Australia, and Britain. The content is allegedly hacked from CCTV cameras installed in hotels and resorts, commanding prices ranging from $16 to $19 per clip.

Hackread.com, an online news resource, has highlighted that surveillance camera footage from homes in Vietnam is contributing to the content available to these criminal groups. The public is urged to refrain from installing CCTV cameras in sensitive areas like changing rooms, trial rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms, as this footage becomes a valuable resource for criminals. Despite global prohibitions on the installation of cameras in such private spaces due to privacy concerns, it seems that individuals continue to neglect these regulations.

In light of these developments, there is a growing call for Telegram to implement stringent measures to monitor and control illicit activities on its platform. Major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google employ AI technology to combat the spread of various crimes, and it is hoped that Telegram will follow suit to effectively curb criminal activities within its user base.

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Britain’s government received a red alert last week to the Chinese government monitoring the country’s populace through its AI Satellites and thousands of CCTV Cameras.

Fraser Sampson, the Commissioner for Bio-metrics and Surveillance Cameras, wrote a detailed report to Micheal Grave, the Cabinet Minister, over the dominance of Chinese companies in the supply and deployment of surveillance equipment in Britain.

Mr. Samson is extremely concerned about the dominance of two companies Dahua and Hikvision that have grabbed about 60% of the market share in Britain’s CCTV Market.

As both companies are being controlled by the Chinese Communist Party(CCP), Mr. Fraser is of the opinion that both these firms have the potential to turn the tables anytime.

What’s concerning is that most of the cameras manufactured at these companies are installed at schools, NHS Trusts, army headquarters, and Universities. And a third of them are having backdoors that can be exploited to access images and data without the permission of the owner.

Estimates conducted by the UK-based privacy group Big Brother Watch suggest that Britain has about 164,000 Hikvision cameras installed in public places, while Dahua has its presence felt with over 14,000 cameras installed on-premises of various government bodies.

If this isn’t enough, China is also reportedly using CCTV cameras set up for precision-based missile strikes. This is done by mapping the location of CCTV cameras with satellites and then using the technology of Artificial Intelligence to launch missile attacks based on the guidance given by satellites and CCTV camera coordinates.

IPVM which maintains a huge repository of CCTV camera information says that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has developed weapons that operate by integrating surveillance technology and can destroy targets when mapped through surface-to-air systems and surface-to-surface systems using both moving and fixed launchers.

Hope, someone from the white house has noted these developments!

 

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