There have been multiple occasions over the past few weeks where Amazon-owned Ring security camera users have reported aggressive hacks, where hackers verbally speak to those being surveilled and continue to watch them from a distance until the cameras are unplugged. Ring has issued a similar statement to all parties experiencing similar situations, but says the incidents are “in no way related to a breach or compromise of Ring’s security.”
One of the first incidents reported was a woman in Georgia who said that a man started speaking to her through her Ring camera while she was asleep in bed. In a video clip, the hacker can be heard shouting, “Wake up!” and “I can see you in the bed.” At another point in the video, he is heard calling to the couple’s puppy who was also in the room at the time. According to local Atlanta news outlet WSB-TV, the woman first believed her boyfriend was using the camera after she heard a cough over the speaker and saw the blue light turn on. However, her boyfriend was confused when she contacted him, and then a stranger’s voice started speaking to her.
Other people who have experienced similar cases include an eight-year-old girl in Mississippi, a couple in Texas whose lives were threatened unless they paid a bitcoin ransom, a man in Connecticut who discovered a stranger was communicating with his mother-in-law, and plenty more.
Ring’s statement below notes that part of the problem likely stems from its customers lack of password protection. It suggests all Ring camera users enable two-factor authentication in order to ensure a safe experience.
Customer trust is important to us and we take the security of our devices seriously. While we are still investigating this issue and are taking appropriate steps to protect our devices based on our investigation, we are able to confirm this incident is in no way related to a breach or compromise of Ring’s security.
Due to the fact that customers often use the same username and password for their various accounts and subscriptions, bad actors often re-use credentials stolen or leaked from one service on other services. As a precaution, we highly and openly encourage all Ring users to enable two-factor authentication on their Ring account, add Shared Users (instead of sharing login credentials), use strong passwords, and regularly change their passwords.
Ring has investigated this incident and has taken appropriate actions to remove the bad actors from all affected accounts. All affected users have been contacted.
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