I spent an evening writing a simple Python script. Not to hack, but to audit. I scanned a tiny, responsible range of IPs on port 8080. Out of 500 cameras, 12 responded. And of those, 3 accepted secret32l without question. Three businesses, two homes, one public library’s “study room cam.”

You may need to create an "Inbound Rule" to allow traffic through port 8080.

To resolve or configure your server correctly, it helps to understand exactly what each part of this technical footprint represents.