Hackers have defaced tens of Canon security cameras across Japan, local media
reported, printing the phrase "I'm Hacked. bye2" on the video feeds of affected devices.
Many defacements took place on Sunday, May 6, according to screengrabs from hacked devices, but there are reports that similar incidents have been taking place for weeks, since mid-April, according to posts on Japanese social networks.
Officials from the cities of Yachiyo and Ageo, some of the first hacking victims last month, admitted to having failed to change the cameras' default passwords.
Canon Japan issued a
security note on April 26, after the first reports of defacements, advising customers to change the default passwords.
Japanese users and authorities reported finding defaced cameras monitoring public places, government buildings, waterways, a fish market in Hiroshima, a care facility for the disabled in Kobe, and at the private headquarters of a company in Naha.
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