Chinese official media warns of rampant hacking of home surveillance cameras
Hacking software is sold cheaply online, and sellers often provide hundreds of IP addresses at online chat rooms
Users of online surveillance cameras in China could find their own lives coming under uninvited scrutiny as the technology is vulnerable to hackers, state media has warned.
Scanning software that costs only 188 yuan (US$28) online is just one of the tools that enable any user to bypass security of online cameras that are popular with Chinese families to keep an eye on pets and old people staying at home, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
With IP addresses attached to every internet-enabled gadget, virtually anyone could easily access online cameras as often as they want, the report said.
And to attract customers, software sellers often provide hundreds of IP addressed in their online chat groups, it said.
