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| | |Founded=2016 | ||
| | |Industry=Cameras, Security | ||
| | |Logo=Verkada logo.png | ||
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}}'''[[wikipedia:Verkada|Verkada Inc.]]''' was founded in 2016 by Filip Kaliszan, and joined by James Ren, Benjamin Bercovitz, and Hans Robertson. Kaliszan, Ren and Bercovitz are all graduates of Stanford University where they created and sold their first company CourseRank. Hans Robertson was one of the co-founders of [[Cisco Systems, Inc.|Meraki]] (acquired by [[Cisco Systems, Inc.|Cisco]] in 2012.) The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Verkada |url=https://www.verkada.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260101042413/https://www.verkada.com/about/ |archive-date=1 Jan 2026 |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=Verkada}}</ref> | |Website=https://www.verkada.com/ | ||
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'''[[wikipedia:Verkada|Verkada Inc.]]''' was founded in 2016 by Filip Kaliszan, and joined by James Ren, Benjamin Bercovitz, and Hans Robertson. Kaliszan, Ren and Bercovitz are all graduates of Stanford University where they created and sold their first company CourseRank. Hans Robertson was one of the co-founders of [[Cisco Systems, Inc.|Meraki]] (acquired by [[Cisco Systems, Inc.|Cisco]] in 2012.) The company is headquartered in San Mateo, California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Verkada |url=https://www.verkada.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260101042413/https://www.verkada.com/about/ |archive-date=1 Jan 2026 |access-date=28 May 2025 |website=Verkada}}</ref> | |||
==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
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===Data breach=== | ===Data breach=== | ||
On March 8, 2021, Verkada was hacked by an international group including maia arson crime and calling themselves the "APT - 69420 Arson Cats," which gained access to their network for about 36 hours and collected about 5 gigabytes of data.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 Mar 2021 |title=Security camera hack exposes hospitals, workplaces, schools |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/security-camera-hack-exposes-hospitals-workplaces-schools/ |archive-url=https:// | On March 8, 2021, Verkada was hacked by an international group including maia arson crime and calling themselves the "APT - 69420 Arson Cats," which gained access to their network for about 36 hours and collected about 5 gigabytes of data.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 Mar 2021 |title=Security camera hack exposes hospitals, workplaces, schools |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/security-camera-hack-exposes-hospitals-workplaces-schools/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251128164816/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/security-camera-hack-exposes-hospitals-workplaces-schools/ |archive-date=28 Nov 2025|access-date=28 May 2025 |website=SeattleTimes}}</ref> | ||
Initially, it was reported that the scope of the incident included live and recorded security camera footage from more than 150,000 cameras.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Mar 2021 |title=Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams |archive-url=https:// | Initially, it was reported that the scope of the incident included live and recorded security camera footage from more than 150,000 cameras.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 Mar 2021 |title=Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260127225021/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-09/hackers-expose-tesla-jails-in-breach-of-150-000-security-cams |archive-date=27 Jan 2026|access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref> It was later reported that 97 customers' video and images data were accessed with 4,530 cameras across these organizations which the attackers may have accessed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary: March 9, 2021 Security Incident Report |url=https://www.verkada.com/security-update/report/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020033049/https://www.verkada.com/security-update/report/ |archive-date=20 Oct 2021 |access-date=28 May 2025}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||