SEPTEMBER 14: A Flock camera is mounted to a pole on September 14, 2026 in Glendale, California. U.S. President Donald Trump expressed support for Flock cameras, saying he likes the AI-powered surveillance technology because of its use by law enforcement, despite concerns that it infringes on privacy. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/
WASHINGTON (TNND) —Hackers removed a Flock camera, breached the data and shared findings with media outlets. Wired and404 Media found that the Flock camera’s software can generate dozens of images from a single vehicle.
In 21 days, the Flock camera photographed 50,200 vehicles, generating 1.6 million photos, the outlets reported. The camera picked up details on a vehicle, such as an American flag patch on a motorcyclist’s bag, according to the media outlets.
“Why just destroy them when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?” the hacking group stegan0gram shared with the outlets.
Flock is a surveillance system that can read license plates, take images and record. The information is placed in an AI database used by law enforcement agencies to track crime. In response to the incident, Flock said in a written statement to The National News Desk: “The unauthorized removal and tampering of a Flock camera is illegal.”
“Flock takes security seriously and maintains a public Vulnerability Disclosure Policy for security researchers to report potential vulnerabilities directly to us. We received no report through that process, and based on the limited information provided, we do not have enough detail to assess the claims being made,” Flock wrote in a statement.
“If the individuals identified legitimate vulnerabilities, we encourage them to submit their technical findings through our vulnerability reporting process so our security team can review them and take any appropriate action,” the company added.
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