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São Paulo's Smart Sampa Surveillance System Leaked Access to 58,000 Cameras for 11 Months; Mayor Denies System Flaw
A UOL investigation found the city's smart-surveillance data exposed online for nearly a year, covering kindergartens, schools and hospitals; the mayor blames an officer's illegal leak.
Why it matters
São Paulo's flagship smart-surveillance system Smart Sampa is at the center of a major data-security scandal: access to 58,000 cameras was exposed on the open internet for about 11 months, covering kindergartens, schools, hospitals and drug-rehabilitation centers — raising serious privacy and public-safety concerns.
Full report
According to a UOL investigation, Smart Sampa data was freely accessible online for roughly 11 months, spanning 58,000 surveillance cameras, 181 sets of login credentials and the personal data of more than 6,000 security personnel.
The exposed cameras covered sensitive locations including kindergartens, schools, hospitals and drug-rehab centers, with live feeds viewable by anyone without authorization.
Mayor Ricardo Nunes denied any system vulnerability, attributing the incident to an illegal leak by a municipal guard (GCM) officer hired in 2023; the officer has been suspended pending an internal investigation. Brazilian outlets Jovem Pan, g1 and Portal Tela all followed the story the same day.
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