These days, it can feel like there’s a camera watching us from every corner: a video doorbell by the front door, a laptop webcam in the home office, an IP baby monitor in the children’s room, a smart TV with a camera and microphone in the bedroom, a robot vacuum with a navigation camera roaming around the house… Even a smart cat feeder could be spying on you! And any one of these cameras can easily become a useful tool for extortionists, blackmailers, or simply curious malicious actors. You don’t have to look far for examples. South Korea, late 2025: not one device, but 120,000 IP cameras were hacked . The criminals sold intimate footage and recordings of people’s everyday lives by subscription in private chats. In this article, we look at exactly where the threat comes from, and outline…