01Summary
YouTuber Benn Jordan found exposed links to Flock Safety Condor cameras, pan-tilt-zoom units with AI tracking used by police across the US. The links gave live feeds, about a month of archive footage and the ability to delete video. Flock blamed "a standard testing process used to validate compatibility and reliability with cellular carriers", said only a small number of cameras were affected, and said fixes had been deployed.
02Victims and impact
Countries affected
- United States
03Data exposed
Data types
- Live police camera feeds
- Archived surveillance footage
04Timeline
- 2026-01-08Exposure discovered and reported.
- 2026-01-09Flock confirms and says fixes deployed.
05On the record
Once identified, the issue was promptly corrected, and security updates were deployed across the affected devices.
A limited, isolated configuration issue.
06Significance and legacy
Significance
Showed that police surveillance feeds could be viewed and tampered with by anyone who found the links.
07Disclosure and media
Publishing organisations
- WFLX
09Sources
References
- [1]WFLX: https://www.wflx.com/2026/01/09/flock-safety-exposed-live-police-camera-feeds-internet-data-breach-company-says/