The selling price of the surveillance camera image is revealed & the existence of 'advantageous set price' is also revealed



There are many cases

where 150,000 surveillance cameras such as Tesla and Cloudflareare hacked, home security surveillance cameras are hacked , and movies are stolen from surveillance cameras connected to the network. Meanwhile, South China Morning Post , a Chinese news media, reports the selling price of movies obtained by hacking surveillance cameras and installing hidden cameras.

Hackers are stealing videos from private security cameras and selling them as home video tapes | South China Morning Post
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3127659/hackers-are-stealing-videos-private-security-cameras-and



According to the South China Morning Post, the selling price of the movie will change depending on the content. According to one dealer's testimony, 'a normal movie shot in a hotel room' is sold for 20 yuan (about 340 yen), and 'a movie including nudity and sexual activity' is sold for 50 yuan (about 840 yen). Is known.

In addition, IDs and passwords for surveillance cameras connected to the network are also being traded. These IDs and passwords are sold for 70 yuan (about 1200 yen) for 10 households, 150 yuan (about 2500 yen) for 10 hotels & 10 households, and 258 yuan (about 4300 yen) for 20 hotels & 20 households. There is also a mechanism like the so-called 'set price'.

The seller

emphasized the large number of movies sold, saying, 'Using Tencent's messaging app' Tencent QQ ', we sold more than 8,000 movies in February 2021 alone.' 'The eight-hour movie of a family of three spending their vacation sold to hundreds of people,' he said. 'The demand for movies of normal family life is increasing.'



The movies on sale include not only things stolen from surveillance cameras connected to the network, but also many movies shot by hidden cameras. According to the South China Morning Post, hidden cameras are mainly installed in Guangdong, Hunan, and Hubei provinces. One distributor said, 'We have 12 hidden camera installation personnel. They have surveillance cameras installed all over China. If a camera is found, it will sell more than the camera fee. It's big enough to cover the loss. '

In addition, since there are many cases where surveillance cameras are set up in rooms rented by private lodging services such as Airbnb, security company

Sentel Tech has released 'How to find hidden cameras set up in rooms'. I am.

How to find a hidden camera or wiretapping device in the room you entered for the first time? --GIGAZINE

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