Edit: Only 2 of these were actually installed.
…these cameras contain a hardcoded list of Russian phone numbers, which can be used to open a backdoor. An SMS from one of these numbers can open shell and network access.
…the web management portal can be accessed, exposing live streams, by anyone with the camera IP.
Reports also suggest that pressure from the opposition political party in Slovakia led to the NBU investigations. The current government of the country, led by populist Robert Fico, initially denied reports that the cameras were of Russian origin and rebuffed any security concerns. Fico has what some would describe as a pro-Russia tilt, but you can read more about that elsewhere, if you are interested.
I believe this is the reason for some of the data center buildout, not AI but massive amounts of storage to store data long term. AI might layer be used to edit data to manufacture evidence.
That’s why I wear my tinfoil hat down low to obscure my face.
Well hard drives are brutally expensive now too, but I think Nvidia wouldn’t be the richest company in the history of the world if the expansion wasn’t all based on compute.