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by speedplane 3524 days ago
Nope. Many of these compromised routers and webcams are not based on U.S. soil, so they're outside of U.S. jurisdiction. But even if some enterprising lawyer could attach a legal claim to them, most of these guys are tiny, and while you could easily sue some individual companies out of existence, it would not have much impact on the broader problem.