address growing anti-Asian threats and violence against its members. Data breach On March 8, 2021, Verkada was hacked by an international group including maia arson crimew and calling themselves the "APT69420 Arson Cats," which gained access to their network for about 36 hours and collected about 5 gigabytes of data. {{Not in citation}} Initially, it was reported that the scope of the incident included live and recorded security camera footage from more than 150,000 cameras. It was later reported that 95 customers' video and images data were accessed. Crimew told Bloomberg News that the hack "exposes just how broadly we're being surveilled". In response to the data breach, in April 2021 it was reported that Verkada CEO Filip Kaliszan announced a series of measures, including red team/blue team exercises, a bug bounty program, mandatory two-factor authentication use by Verkada support staff, and the sharing of more audit logs with Verkada customers. Controversies In August 2021, Motorola Solutions filed a 52-page complaint against Verkada with the United States International Trade Commission, alleging that Verkada cameras and software infringe upon patents held by Motorola subsidiary Avigilon. Verkada subsequently filed a lawsuit against Motorola Solutions in the California Northern District Court in September 2021, arguing that Motorola has "sought to effectively shut Verkada’s business down." Later in September, the International Trade Commission initiated its investigation into Motorola's complaint, with Verkada stating in its response that it does not infringe upon any of Motorola's patents. References External links Video surveillance companies Physical security Companies based in San Mateo, California Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area Computer companies of the United States Computer companies established in 2016 American companies established in 2016 2016 establishments in California