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Hundreds of hotel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online
Related: Two people arrested for spycam videos of 1,600 people (Korea Herald)
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Source: CNN
Hundreds of hotel guests were secretly filmed and live-streamed online
By Sophie Jeong, CNN
Updated 0941 GMT (1741 HKT) March 20, 2019
Seoul (CNN) — Around 1,600 people have been secretly filmed in hotel rooms in South Korea, with the footage live-streamed online for paying customers to watch, police said Wednesday.
Two men have been arrested and another pair investigated in connection with the scandal, which involved 42 rooms in 30 hotels in 10 cities around the country. Police said there was no indication the hotels were complicit in the scheme.
Cameras were hidden inside digital TV boxes, wall sockets and hairdryer holders and the footage was streamed online, the Cyber Investigation Department at the National Police Agency said in a statement.
The site had more than 4,000 members, 97 of whom paid a $44.95 monthly fee to access extra features, such as the ability to replay certain live streams. Between November 2018 and this month, police said, the service brought in upwards of $6,000.
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By Sophie Jeong, CNN
Updated 0941 GMT (1741 HKT) March 20, 2019
Seoul (CNN) — Around 1,600 people have been secretly filmed in hotel rooms in South Korea, with the footage live-streamed online for paying customers to watch, police said Wednesday.
Two men have been arrested and another pair investigated in connection with the scandal, which involved 42 rooms in 30 hotels in 10 cities around the country. Police said there was no indication the hotels were complicit in the scheme.
Cameras were hidden inside digital TV boxes, wall sockets and hairdryer holders and the footage was streamed online, the Cyber Investigation Department at the National Police Agency said in a statement.
The site had more than 4,000 members, 97 of whom paid a $44.95 monthly fee to access extra features, such as the ability to replay certain live streams. Between November 2018 and this month, police said, the service brought in upwards of $6,000.
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Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/asia/south-korea-hotel-spy-cam-intl/index.html
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