Hackers Extract Flock Camera Data, Expose 1.6M Vehicle Images

NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.

A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days. www.wired.com/story/hacker...

NEW: Hackers pulled down a Flock camera. (“Why just destroy them,” one asked, “when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?”) @wired.com and @404media.co worked together to find out what it revealed:

NEW: When @dmehro.bsky.social at @wired.com and @josephcox.bsky.social at @404media.co both got handed the full contents of a Flock camera, we worked together to figure out what it revealed. (WIRED’s below, 404’s version here: www.404media.co/hackers-stol...)

The High Crime Of “LMAO”: How Cops Are Treating Flock Mass Surveillance As A Joke Here's a riddle: Why did a Goshen Police Department officer search 6,474 automated license plate... https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/15/the-high-crime-of-lmao-how-cops-are-treating-flock-mass-surveillance-as-a-joke/

Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works www.wired.com/story/hacker...

A major development uncovered by the Brief. It comes after my reporting in @alexandriatimes.bsky.social found Alexandria shared Flock data with 11 agencies who had deputized their officers to enforce immigration law. Great to have a vibrant local press.

No city should have to fret over whether they can dismantle a #surveillance system they are paying for, nor wonder if the vendor of said system will continue to [ab]use the data after they said "stop." Just cover them all now. It's the only way to be sure. NoALPRs.com 🚫 #deflock #flock #alpr

Tonight, alders in two cities—Racine, and Oconomowoc ("O-con-uh-mo-walk"), voted to cancel their #Flock mass surveillance contracts after it was revelated that Flock is selling data gathered from their cameras.

what happens to the data the Arlington County Police Department has already collected, or how the county will unwind its contract with the surveillance company. ACPD has 41 Flock devices in Arlington — 26 license plate readers and 15 pan-tilt-zoom cameras — the department told NBC 4 this month.

They don't care....they don't really work for you but the surveillance state Boston told Flock not to allow outside access to its license plate data. It happened anyway. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/14/b...

Flock camera hack reveals new tracking details Hackers copied a Flock camera's data, exposing how it tracks people and vehicles, bypassing encryption.

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People.

Tbf - it might not be flock brand but is included on the deflock site. Appears to be a license plate reader pulling data of everyone who drives thru Dinkytown.

Oh this is such a good question. I would like to say data centers/flock cameras are the same thing and bring the same kind of unity. But doesn't the polling show it's actually The Epstein Files? What do you think?