Security flaws in two surveillance camera brands used around the world have been identified by Panorama.
Chinese-made surveillance cameras are in British offices, high streets and even government buildings - and Panorama has investigated security flaws involving the two top brands. How easy is it to hack them and what does it mean for our security?
Thankfully for the man being watched, the hacker is working with the BBC. This is part of a series of experiments by Panorama to test the security of some Chinese-made surveillance cameras.Nobody knows how many of their units line the UK's streets.Some 35 UK local authorities use Dahua cameras, a Freedom of Information request found
"All those things rely very heavily on remote surveillance - so if you have an ability to interfere with that, you can create mayhem, cheaply and remotely," he says. The camera Panorama tested contains a vulnerability discovered in 2017. IPVM's director Conor Healy describes this as "a back door that Hikvision built into its own products."
Then Healy times how long it takes to seize control of it. Just 11 seconds later, Scanlan announces: "We have access to that camera now.""If we zoom in tight on the keyboard, we can see clearly the keys that he's pressing to put his password in," Scanlan says.
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