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About the March 8 & 9, 2021 Verkada camera hack

What's this blog post about?

On March 8, a hacker breached vendor Verkada's internal support tools, gaining access to manage Cloudflare's office security cameras remotely. As soon as the breach was discovered, Cloudflare shut down all cameras in their offices worldwide. The company clarified that no customer data or production systems were compromised during this incident. This event emphasizes the importance of the Zero Trust model that Cloudflare follows and provides to its customers, ensuring that if any one system or vendor is compromised, it does not compromise the entire organization.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
March 10, 2021

Author(s)
John Graham-Cumming

Word count
1108

Hacker News points
87

Language
English


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