Alleged Peeping Toms accused of hacking pet-monitoring cameras
Social affairsNov 1, 2018
Police said Thursday that 10 people have been booked on suspicion of hacking IP cameras used to monitor pets and violating privacy laws by recording videos of the owners.A suspect surnamed Hwang was booked on charges of hacking and leaking the personal information of about 10,500 users. Hwang is also accused of illegally accessing some 264 IP cameras and secretly recording videos of the users.Police say the suspect, who is reported to be a freelance web programmer and a user of the monitoring si