Researcher at Christopher Newport University studies Flock Safety's ALPR technology, coinciding with hacked camera data being broadcast on YouTube.
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Updated sep 16
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Researcher at Christopher Newport University studies Flock Safety's ALPR technology, coinciding with hacked camera data being broadcast on YouTube.
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What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.- A hacker group successfully reverse engineered surveillance technology associated with Flock.Sub-event
CNU researcher studies Flock Safety's ALPR tech; hacked camera data is broadcast on YouTube.1 source
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The entities involved
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Flock Safety
American surveillance technology company
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Christopher Newport University
public university in Newport News, Virginia, United States
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YouTube
American video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet Inc.
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