Thursday, December 12, 2019

Ring: No Breach In Ring Security

Santa Monica-based Ring says that the widely publicized video this morning of a hacker taking over a Ring security camera and terrorizing an 8-year old is "no way related to a breach or compromise of Ring's security." The video--shown by NBC News--shows someone talking through a Ring camera at a terrified 8-year old. The 8-year old's parents apparently had installed a Ring camera in order to monitor their daughter's bedroom. The video shows the hacker telling the terrified girl that "I'm Santa Claus", and apparently also played music to the girl and told her to break her television, saying "I'm your friend." NBC News published the video on Thursday morning. Ring is owned by Amazon.com, and offers up Internet connected video doorbells, cameras, and other related security products. A Motherboard article says that the hack likely came due to poor password security and lack of use of the two-factor authentication features of Ring's devices.

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