Security Service of Ukraine informed that it responded to the hack by blocking and dismantling the suspected camera.
The agency further advised online users to cease transmitting and watching security camera feeds online, as Russian military intelligence is utilizing the “collected data for preparing and adjusting strikes on Kyiv.”
Russia has been attacking Kyiv and Kharkiv since New Year’s holiday weekend, resulting in five casualties and over 130 injured. On Tuesday, around 100 missiles were fired on the two cities.
These attacks were monitored by the Russian intelligence by hacking into the online surveillance cameras that are privately-owned. “According to SBU cyber specialists, one of the devices was located on the balcony of an apartment building and was used by a local condominium to monitor the surrounding area,” the SBU reported.
Hackers secretly recorded all visual data inside the surveillance camera’s viewing range by gaining remote access to the device and altering its
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