The camera access web interface also has a no-password vulnerability.

Edit: Only 2 of these were actually installed.

…these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access.

…the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP.

Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations. The current government of the country, led by populist Robert Fico, initially denied reports that the cameras were of Russian origin and rebuffed any security concerns. Fico has what some would describe as a pro-Russia tilt, but you can read more about that elsewhere, if you are interested.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    But Russia is helping fascists across the west seize control

    Russians like… Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner, and Steven Miller?

    unless we get some real populists across the west, liberal deocracies are going to fall like fucking dominoes

    I would look to Albania and the Flamingo Revolution. Or the popular revolts in France and Italy. We’re getting more material democracy in Europe than I’ve seen since the end of the USSR. Trump’s bungling has created global opportunities for the overthrow of bourgeois dictatorship.