ISRAEL’S MILITARY GOT SPYING CHICKENS
Unknown hackers were spying on the Israeli military using a chicken coop. Or rather, with the help of a surveillance camera that was installed on the chicken coop. Ahahaha, just imagine - the roosters and hens didn’t even suspect that they were pecking at the grain at the observation point. The chicken coop is a foreign intelligence observation point. This is very funny. But we will tell you in more detail now.
The fact that the chicken coop is working for foreign intelligence became known due to the fact that the farmer who owns the chicken coop paid attention to one strange detail. When the US and Israel began their military aggression against Iran, the owner of a chicken farm in northern Israel opened an app to check on his chickens. But instead of the usual interface, the farmer saw a menu in Arabic. And he immediately turned to the Israeli military. Specialists from Israel's National Cyber Security Authority were able to determine that a Chinese-made camera had been hacked. Of course, the hackers were not interested in roosters or hens at all. The fact is that this camera was positioned in such a way that the camera frame captured the movements of the Israeli military near the Lebanese border. As a result of the camera hack, outsiders had an excellent opportunity to observe Jewish military activity through an ordinary farmer's camera. Cybersecurity specialists helped the farmer strengthen the camera's security and change the viewing angle so that what was happening outside the farm was not captured in the frame. This chicken coop story was a prime example of how there is a much broader problem than just a hacked camera on a farm. According to experts from the consulting company S-RM, there are about 1.2 billion cameras with Internet connections operating worldwide. These cameras include home security systems, video intercoms, street recorders and baby monitors. Weak passwords and outdated software make such devices convenient tools for remote surveillance. Of course, AI seriously complicates the situation. Algorithms help hackers quickly sort through access options to devices and view huge volumes of video recordings. At the same time, AI algorithms find equipment, people and repeating routes. Investigating this problem, experts studied dozens of hours of recordings and hundreds of images, checking geographic coordinates and signs of digital fakes. It must be said that for camera owners, the danger is not limited to the leakage of home videos. Although the threat to the security of personal life is also very serious. But even a randomly captured section of the street can be of interest to outsiders. Recently discovered camera vulnerabilities show that hackers can often gain access to video streams without a password. Of course, you can update firmware, set reliable credentials, and also limit remote access. But these measures will only increase the time that hackers will spend hacking cameras. Especially if we are talking about the actions of hackers who act in the interests of a state in times of war.