Threat actor
Vumacam
Last fetched
Vumacam is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Vumacam operates one of South Africa’s largest urban CCTV networks, linking thousands of high-definition cameras to a cloud platform called Proof. The system uses IntelexVision’s iSentry AI engine to watch every feed in real time and automatically flag incidents. Vumacam also uses License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology to identify and track vehicles. Provincial and municipal authorities, including the Gauteng Provincial Government, tap into Vumacam’s live feeds and analytics for policing purposes. Vumacam is owned by Vumatel, one of South Africa’s biggest fibre internet providers.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Vumacam in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Vumacam today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Vumacam has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/19/1049996/south-africa-ai-surveillance-digital-apartheid/
- https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/588409-gauteng-adds-nearly-200-cctv-security-cameras.html
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/smart-cctv-networks-are-driving-an-ai-powered-apartheid-in-south-africa/
- https://www.news24.com/southafrica/news/gauteng-government-praises-vumacam-cctv-for-aiding-in-104-arrests-20241107
- https://thedebrief.org/south-africas-big-brother-spy-cameras-face-public-outcry-over-privacy-concerns-and-power-use/
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Related pages
Pivot from Vumacam into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.