After the US assassinated Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Russian special services temporarily disabled the video surveillance system protecting Vladimir Putin and his inner circle. This was reported by Financial Times sources. Details. The video surveillance system in question is separate from the nearly 300,000 cameras monitoring Moscow residents. It was only restarted after specialists conducted checks and attempted to isolate the system from the internet as much as possible. The measures were prompted by concerns about the new capabilities of artificial intelligence in intelligence gathering, according to the FT report. These concerns were heightened when Israel, using data from Iranian road cameras, assisted the US in striking the Islamic Republic's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. Kremlin representative Dmitry Peskov did not respond to journalists' requests for comment. However, in May, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov called the assassination of Khamenei using data from video surveillance systems an "alarming signal." Moscow's cameras, including those around the Kremlin, remain vulnerable and are regularly hacked, an anonymous Ukrainian hacker told FT. He did not disclose whether Ukraine has the capabilities to analyze such a volume of data. The US and UK possess such tools. These countries have previously provided the Armed Forces of Ukraine with precise data for strikes, including high-quality images from reconnaissance drones, journalists noted. Context. Russian authorities have previously had concerns about Putin's personal security, especially given that Ukrainian special services gained access to road camera systems in Russia, the report states. Furthermore, Kyiv used mobile phone geolocation to organize the assassinations of high-ranking Russian military officials in the center of Moscow. Additionally, the Kremlin intensified security measures around Vladimir Putin due to fears of a potential coup, according to an intelligence report from an unnamed European country. As a result, the politician, among other things, stopped visiting military infrastructure sites and appearing at his residences near Moscow and in Valdai. The realization that their own video surveillance cameras could be used against the country caused concern not only among Russian security forces but also among counter-intelligence agencies worldwide, FT noted. Consequently, intelligence agencies of various countries attempted to eliminate vulnerabilities themselves. In particular, Indian authorities aim to eliminate Chinese video surveillance cameras by April 1.