# Inside an AI coal mine security camera network powered by plaintext passwords

DevFeed: [Inside an AI coal mine security camera network powered by plaintext passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/inside-an-ai-coal-mine-security-camera-network-powered-by-plaintext-passwords-32622.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://eaton-works.com/2026/07/08/coal-india-camera-hack/>)

Author: Eaton

Published: 2026-07-08T17:07:38Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Eaton Works Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/eaton-works-feed.md>)

Topics: [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/spoofing.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [breach](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/breach.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [spoofing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spoofing.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

This security write-up examines Coal India's Project DigiCoal camera-monitoring platform, developed by DeepSight AI Labs and Accenture. It reports that the RPI Dashboard exposed user accounts and plaintext, weak, duplicated passwords through an unauthenticated API. The article also describes bypassing client-side access controls to view camera alerts and feeds across seven coal mines.

## Source excerpt

Coal India's intelligent CCTV platform developed by DeepSight AI Labs and Accenture had plaintext passwords and no API authentication.