A man holding a black bag is seen leaving the Jewish Museum in Brussels, in this still image taken from the video of a security camera, which was distributed to the media by the Belgian police on May 25, 2014. Belgian police were hunting on Sunday for an
A man holding a black bag is seen leaving the Jewish Museum in Brussels, in this still image taken from the video of a security camera, which was distributed to the media by the Belgian police on May 25, 2014. Belgian police were hunting on Sunday for an assailant who shot dead three people on Saturday at the Jewish Museum in Brussels and French authorities tightened security at Jewish sites following another attack that prompted fears of a rise in anti-Semitism. REUTERS/Belgian Police/Handout via Reuters (BELGIUM - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS REUTERS/Belgian Police/Handout

A website has been featured in the news due to acts of streaming private IP cameras' feeds installed in offices and even homes around the world without the owners' permission. These are then linked to anyone who wish to watch them. The site named 'Insecam' has access to 73000 IP cameras across the world. The victims are the camera owners who have not changed the default passwords.

Although the site claims that it is trying to highlight the loop holes in the security systems, it is a serious breach of privacy, as per Neowin. The site has access to more than 11,000 cameras in the U.S. alone. It has also reached 924 cameras installed in Australia, as can be seen in the homepage of the site.

Insecam claims that that they've been able to access the feeds because owners haven't changed their passwords from the generic ones that come with the devices, such as '1234' or 'admin'. If the owner wants to remove his streaming from the site, he just has to change the password and upgrade it to a stronger one.

Experts acknowledge that these feeds, which are made available with just a click, exhibit serious invasion of privacy. However, people should learn from this example and inculcate the habit of using strong and not easily predictable passwords as soon as they get a device installed.

The owners of the website are still unknown. However, the IP address is traced in Moscow. Seeing the magnitude of the cameras hacked, the UNSW's Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre at the University of New South Wales even declared that the safest option is to think twice before using internet-enabled surveillance tools.

Since the emergence of Wi-fi router phenomenon, there are a number of software programs that can search the web and look for vulnerable private cameras. However, the sheer magnitude of the number of cameras hacked on a single site is an outrageous move by someone who seems to be unfazed by any legal consequences, reported the Examiner. The report is also claiming that no matter how much the site claims people privacy protection and awareness as its motive, its actions remain illegal.