South Korea police say 120k home cameras hacked for 'sexploitation' footage
9 days ago
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- Four people arrested in South Korea for hacking over 120,000 IP cameras.
- Footage used to create sexually exploitative materials for an overseas website.
- Cameras hacked included those in private homes, karaoke rooms, a pilates studio, and a gynaecologist's clinic.
- Suspects operated independently; one hacked 63,000 cameras, another 70,000.
- Videos sold for virtual assets worth millions of won.
- Police are blocking the website distributing the footage and cooperating with foreign agencies.
- Three additional suspects arrested for buying and viewing the illegal content.
- Authorities are notifying victims and helping them delete content and change passwords.
- Public advised to regularly change IP camera passwords to prevent hacking.