Russian Agents Hack Webcams to Guide Missile Attacks on Kyiv

The Ukrainian Security Service reported that Russian agents compromised multiple residential and street IP webcams in Kyiv to conduct reconnaissance ahead of missile attacks, prompting the SSU to block roughly 10,000 cameras and order operators to stop public broadcasts; the report highlights widespread IoT camera security weaknesses, cross-conflict exploitation of such devices, and notes NIST's proposed Ascon encryption standard as a future mitigation.