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Deep & Emerging Tech·September 21, 2026·1 min read

Hackers find huge security flaw in Flock’s surveillance cameras and extract 1.6 million images and 27,000 videos from just one device — and the company’s terrible reputation means many employees are looking to jump ship

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Pulling 1.6 million images and 27,000 videos from a single surveillance camera is a reminder that edge devices are high-value data lakes, not dumb sensors. If you're deploying cameras or IoT at scale, treat each device as a breach domain—encrypt at rest, minimize on-device retention, and audit vendor security posture.