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Moscow Police Watch Pre-Recorded Scenes On Surveillance Cams

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-always-feel-like-nobody-is-watching-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "During several months of 2009, Moscow police looked at fake pictures displayed on their monitors instead of what was supposed to be video from the city surveillance cams. The subcontractor providing the cams was paid on the basis of 'the number of working cams,' so he delivered pre-cooked pictures stored on his servers. The camera company CEO has been arrested."

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  1. Security flaw by girlintraining · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It took them five months to uncover this. If the contractor hadn't been greedy, it probably would have gone on a lot longer. It's no surprise though -- most camera feeds aren't encrypted/authenticated in any way. Nonetheless, the justice system and juries will rely on them as irrefutable evidence of a crime. And anyone who claims they were photoshopped into the scene will be laughed out of the courtroom.

    The industrial espionage possibilities are quite lucrative.

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  2. But... by SnarfQuest · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but, did they catch any criminals on them? Who cares if they're faked, as long as they catch the bad guys...

    Oh well, back to my global warming awareness seminar...

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    1. Re:But... by natehoy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, one guy was arrested for armed robbery... 90 times.

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  3. Barbarians!!! by serutan · · Score: 5, Funny

    In a Civilized country the company would be fined and the CEO would collect his severance bonus and move to a different company at a higher salary.