Amazon Key has a flaw that could let hackers knock out the security camera
0Amazon Key has a flaw that could let hackers knock out the security camera.
The service model offered by Amazon Key, which gives the company's delivery corps access to customers' homes via smart lock, sounds kind of sketchy under the best circumstances. Amazon, however, assured potential customers there'd be nothing to worry about with Key — the system offers 24/7 monitoring via the Alexa-enabled Cloud Cam to monitor deliveries.
That security safeguard doesn't look quite so foolproof after a group of researchers from Rhino Security Labs discovered multiple techniques to knock out the Cloud Cam and enter a house equipped with a Key system undetected. The group shared its findings with Wired and in two videos demonstrated the techniques behind the relatively simple hacks, which could allow unscrupulous delivery people to move around Key-enabled homes undetected.