BBC: Santa hacker speaks to girl via smart camera

[Cragdor]

Has anyone else seen this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50760103

Original WMC-5 article: https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/2019/12/11/family-says-hackers-accessed-ring-camera-their-year-old-daughters-room/

Seems a hacker got access to a Ring Camera and used it to speak to the child. 

 

[Guest]

I read BBC in the wrong context here.

Oops.

[Fasauceome]

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LeMay admits she had not set up the two-factor authentication for the Ring account, which would have added another level of protection against potential hackers. The family has taken other security precautions since the incident, including setting their WiFi so it is no longer visible to others

Somebody forgot to wear their internet condom

[Cragdor]

Fasauceome! OMG I almost fell of my chair then I was laughing so hard!

[beanhubbleday]

Nope...

[imreloadin]

31 minutes ago, Den-Fi said:

I read BBC in the wrong context here.

Oops.

Don't worry bud, I'm met with disappointment every time too...

[Alex Atkin UK]

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“I did a lot of research on these before I got them. You know, I really felt like it was safe,”

That puzzles me, as I specifically have avoided buying Ring products after the articles suggesting employees can snoop on the cameras.  How much research could they possibly have done to miss that and the multitude of articles about Internet cameras in general being insecure?

[BrinkGG]

14 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

     

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“I did a lot of research on these before I got them. You know, I really felt like it was safe,”

That puzzles me, as I specifically have avoided buying Ring products after the articles suggesting employees can snoop on the cameras.  How much research could they possibly have done to miss that and the multitude of articles about Internet cameras in general being insecure?

This right here is why I don't like buying pre-designed systems like this and will stick with dumb or custom cameras and an NVR with motion notifications. Something like motionEyeOS or similar IP cameras on a separate subnet with no internet access (updating them by physically moving them to do deb updates and such, which are once every 3 months or so) is much preferred to me. 

[amdorintel]

i am sure their password was PASSWORD

[Evolution.]

thought about getting a ring doorbell, but after seeing this guess im saying no to that thought. 

[Guest]

15 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

Somebody forgot to wear their internet condom

I like to let its all hang loose on the internet