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many cases,'CCTVs' are installed at home for security purposes or while raising young children or pets.

This CCTV, also known as an IP camera, allows you to look around the house at any time, but you need to be careful as it can expose you to crime.



Reporter Jo Yoon-ha covered it.



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Mr. A, who runs an online shopping mall in the metropolitan area.



In May, we installed an IP camera in our office that allows you to view real-time video by simply connecting to the Internet. About a month later, I looked at the access log and identified an unfamiliar IP address.



He immediately reported to the police, and the investigation revealed that the driver who had installed the IP camera stole the image of Mr. A with a mobile phone app.



IP cameras have committed a crime by exploiting the fact that there are many people who do not change the initially set password, although the shooting device is linked to the mobile phone app and can view the CCTV screen in real time by entering the ID and password.



Seojin Yoon, a self-employed person, also suffered an absurd situation when installing a so-called pet cam that allows you to see dogs in the house.



I installed a camera in the house and tried to use the app, but the ID and password that I saw for the first time were set.



[Seojin Yoon/IP camera user: You can see my living room by accessing ID.

If you just want to.

It was scary.

I have to change the password first.

You can see the entire 360-degree view of the living room.]



Yoon says that at the time of installation, the mobile phone was left to the driver, but the driver set the ID and password without asking Yun or asking for consent.



The company promised to prevent recurrence, saying, "I need to guide the customer to set their own ID and password, but there was a shortcoming," but the camera installed for security purposes raises anxiety.



Experts recommend that you change your password regularly and check your access and usage history frequently to prevent criminal abuse of IP cameras installed in your home or private office.



[Yeom Heung-yeol/Professor, Department of Information Security, Soonchunhyang University: Remember the frequently used IP address, and take additional measures when access is made through an IP that is not used by him...

.] As



about 30% of personal IP cameras sold in Korea do not have a function to save connection history, it is important to check whether this function is available when purchasing.



(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon and Kim Yong-woo, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Kang Kyung-rim)