Hacking

Thai Officials confirmed the hack of prison surveillance cameras and the video broadcast

Authorities in Thailand are investigating a cyber attack that resulted in the broadcast of surveillance video from inside a prison in the country’s south.

Local media reported that hackers broke into the surveillance system at Lang Suan prison in the southern province of Chumphon, the video was broadcast live on YouTube for several hours.

The video was published on Tuesday by an account named “BigBrother’s Gaze,” the images from several cameras showed prisoners’ operations.

“The security camera system at Lang Suan prison in the southern province of Chumphon has been hacked and footage showing inmates living in overcrowded conditions posted on Youtube.” reported the BangkokPost.

“Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said the Corrections Department had informed him of the incident. Authorities still did not know how the recording was leaked.”

According to the Corrections Department official, the attack was carried out by an unknown hacker from outside Thailand, the Department of Special Investigation is still investigating into the incident.

Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin was concerned incident may have violated the rights of prisoneers.

The CCTV systems in Thai prisons were installed by a private company and the surveillance video system is connected online to allow authorized officials to monitor the situation inside the prison.

The incident raises the question of the security of IoT devices, smart devices are under incessant attacks of hackers and botnet.

“Corrections Department Director-General Police Col. Narat Sawettanan ordered the prison to turn off the surveillance camera system and investigate the incident. He also ordered the prison commander to file a complaint with the police.” reported the AP agency.

The video, named “Thai Bangkok prison Security Came live,” was not available on Wednesday.

The same Youtube account, the Big Brother’s Gaze, also shows leaked CCTV prison footage from surveillance video systems in other countries, including Russia, Australia, and the United States.

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Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – Iran, hacking)

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Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.

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