South Korea Arrests Four in Hack of 120,000 Cameras Used to Make Sexual Videos

Overview

• Three suspects remain detained facing additional charges tied to creating or selling exploitative material, some involving children, while a fourth was released after arrest.
• Police say two suspects edited more than 1,000 files and sold them to an overseas platform, earning about $23,000 and $12,000 and accounting for 62% of the site's uploads last year.
• The compromised devices were internet-connected cameras in homes, shops, hospitals, saunas, and other indoor locations originally installed to watch children or pets.
• Investigators report the intrusions exploited simple sequential or repeated-character passwords on widely used consumer cameras, and they urge immediate password changes with two-factor authentication.
• Authorities say the hackers acted independently and are coordinating with foreign agencies to identify the site operator, while the total number of victims remains unknown.