Ring responds to reports of its security cameras getting hacked
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Ring responds to reports of its security cameras getting hacked
Customer reuse of passwords and lack of two-factor authentication are to blame
Why it matters: The popularity of internet-connected security cameras, particularly Ring cameras, has led to the rise of hacking software to infiltrate Ring cameras. Ring has issued a statement after several reports of users being harassed by hackers. This underscores just how vulnerable our devices can be if not properly secured.
Many people use internet-connected security cameras for the convenience of being able to monitor their home from afar. Parents often use them to watch their children (especially infants). However, according to a Tennessee news station, a local family witnessed in horror as someone hacked their Ring camera and taunted their 8-year-old with music and "encouraged destructive behavior" before the father quickly disconnected the camera.
Ring responded today with a statement clarifying that its services were not compromised:
"You may have recently seen reports that Ring services have been compromised, and we want to inform you that we have investigated this incident and have no evidence of an unauthorized intrusion or compromise of Ring's systems or network.
Recently, we were made aware of an incident where malicious actors obtained some Ring users' account credentials (e.g., username and password) from a separate, external, non-Ring service and reused them to log into some Ring accounts. Unfortunately, when people reuse the same username and password on multiple services, it's possible for bad actors to gain access to many accounts.
Upon learning of the incident, we took appropriate actions to promptly block bad actors from known affecte