Hackers Could Use Light to Steal Information Via Security Cameras

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By Carl Engelking
Sep 21, 2017 9:48 PMNov 20, 2019 3:06 AM
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(Credit: Shutterstock) Where there’s a will, there’s a way, and hackers have plenty of will and countless ways to attack a secure network—even if it’s not connected to the internet. In the latest demonstration proving no network is safe, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev used security cameras equipped with night vision to send and receive data from a network that wasn’t even connected to the internet. Firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems…

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