"Tesla Also Hit: Over 100 Companies' Internal CCTV Hacked"

Exposure of Internal Company Scenes

Real-time footage inside the Tesla factory shared directly by Tilly Kortman, who is known to have hacked the CCTV of the American electric vehicle company Tesla's factory.
[Photo by Tilly Kortman]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] Surveillance cameras of over 100 companies, including the American electric vehicle company Tesla, were hacked. The internal scenes of factories and other company premises were exposed to hackers in real time.

Swiss software developer Tilly Koetman shared surveillance camera footage photos showing the interior of Tesla's factory in California on Twitter on the 9th (local time), according to major foreign media reports.

Koetman is one of the group involved in the hacking attack on the surveillance cameras. He stated that the reason for sharing the photos was "to inform that companies are constantly monitoring their employees."

According to foreign media, the hacked locations include Tesla, software company Cloudflare, gym franchise Bay Club, transportation-related venture Virgin Hyperloop, Halifax Hospital in Florida, and a prison in Alabama. According to the American IT specialized media The Verge, the number of surveillance cameras exposed to hacking exceeds 150,000.

Koetman said, "Hackers involved in this attack, including myself, infiltrated the surveillance camera network and were able to access all surveillance cameras connected to the companies' interiors," adding, "We could observe the inside of the companies and the employees in real time."

Earlier, Bloomberg News first reported that surveillance cameras of many American companies, including Tesla, were subjected to hacking attacks. Verkada, the manufacturer of the affected surveillance cameras, acknowledged the breach and deactivated all internal management network accounts to block unauthorized access.

Verkada's surveillance cameras are constantly connected to the cloud, allowing footage to be viewed in real time from outside. In particular, their technology enables easy identification of specific people or objects in the surveillance footage.

More than 5,200 organizations in the United States use these cameras, including major cities, universities, and hotel chains. Last year, the internet media Vice exposed that Verkada employees filmed and shared camera footage showing female employees through their camera network.

Meanwhile, Tesla has not issued any statement regarding this hacking attack.