Slovakia finds Russian backdoor in traffic speed cameras

Slovakia's national security service NBU has issued a security alert against NERO R-ONE high-speed traffic cameras, revealing they contain a backdoor that allows remote access via SMS from hardcoded Russian phone numbers. The cameras, rebranded Russian CORDON PRO.M devices from Semicon, were part of a €30 million EU-funded project. The Interior Ministry paused deployment after the NBU report, which also found disabled SecureBoot, web portal vulnerabilities, and exposed live streams.