Recommended Reads: Police License Plate Readers Vulnerable on the Internet
Make sure to check out the Original Article by Zack Whittaker!
Whittaker dives into the ongoing security issues with automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) cameras.
TLDR;
There are countless ALPR cameras publicly facing on the internet, with open telnet ports,….. and default passwords.
What’s the worry of just having pictures of license plates? A malicious entity could quite easily engineer a sophisticated crime (perhaps a robbery). All they would have to do is identify the license plate of vehicle a target drives, then access the data tracking common driving patterns to identify when and where they will be. All because basic security parameters were left unchecked. Remember, a systems security is only as strong as its weakest link!
John Cuneo
John Cuneo joined Cisco Systems through the highly competitive Global CSAP program. He is a masters candidate at the Georgia Institute of Technology specializing in Machine Learning and occasional guest lecturer at the University of Miami Business School. He loves nothing more than lazy Sundays spent on a walk in the woods, whipping something up in the kitchen, catching up on anime, and playing some Super Smash Bros.
