"Hacked Ring Camera Found In Child’s Bedroom"

Another incident further raises a concern about the growing use of inadequately secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices. A video recently surfaced online, in which a hacker is heard to talking to a little girl in her bedroom via her family's Ring security camera. This nightmarish event calls for consumers to make more of an effort to secure their smart home devices as Ring has stated that the incident was not the result of a breach or compromise of Ring's security. Ring pointed out that customers often use the same username and password across multiple accounts on different services, increasing the success of credential stuffing attacks. Such attacks refer to the use of stolen account credentials from data breaches to access accounts on other services. The company suggested that users enable two-factor authentication (2FA), increase the complexity of their passwords, and regularly change their passwords. This article continues to discuss the incident in which a hacker accessed a family's Ring camera to talk to a child, what consumers should do to secure such devices and other incidents where children were targeted by hackers.

Silicon UK reports "Hacked Ring Camera Found In Child’s Bedroom"