Flock Once Touted Its Cameras as ‘Made in the USA.’ Now It’s Not So Clear
2026-09-18T08:52:05Z•2d14c26a30828364c0ef4ba604a4d7f6b4879447dad30006ed18bdaa2c9ffc99
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What happened
A WIRED security feed covering surveillance-camera supply-chain concerns, compromise of Flock license-plate-reader infrastructure exposing extensive vehicle imagery and operational logs, abusive deepfake and AI-generated child sexual abuse content, privacy and civil-liberties risks from law-enforcement AI tools, AI-agent cybersecurity misuse, data breaches and dark-web sales, platform outages, and emerging counter-drone technologies. The most significant cybersecurity issue is the reported unauthorized access to a Flock camera and exfiltration of large volumes of sensitive surveillance data; a
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- wired_security
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- 2d14c26a30828364c0ef4ba604a4d7f6b4879447dad30006ed18bdaa2c9ffc99
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- 2026-09-18T08:52:05Z
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- Yes
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