Hackers hack into "baby monitors" to swear at toddlers.
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Hackers hack into "baby monitors" to swear at toddlers.
A hacker was able to shout abuse at a two-year-old child by exploiting a vulnerability in a camera advertised as an ideal "baby monitor".
ABC News revealed how a couple in Houston, Texas, heard a voice saying lewd comments coming from the camera, made by manufacturer Foscam.
Vulnerabilities in Foscam products were exposed in April, and the company issued an emergency fix.
ABC reported that Marc Gilbert and wife Lauren were left shaken when they heard a "British or European accent" coming from the camera.
Mr Gilbert said the voice directed offensive, sexualised words at their daughter Allyson, who was asleep in bed.
The family believed the hacker was able to call the child by her name because it was spelt out on the bedroom's wall.
The two-year-old is deaf, something the couple described as "something of a blessing" in the circumstances.
The BBC has found evidence of hackers sharing information on how to access insecure Foscam cameras via several widely-used forums.
Using specialist search engines, people can narrow their results by location.
On one forum, internet addresses for cameras - not all made by Foscam - were listed with descriptions such as "school/daycare?" and "kids room".
Source.
haha
Yelling obscenities at a two year old... sounds like a helluva time.
ABC News revealed how a couple in Houston, Texas, heard a voice saying lewd comments coming from the camera, made by manufacturer Foscam.
Vulnerabilities in Foscam products were exposed in April, and the company issued an emergency fix.
ABC reported that Marc Gilbert and wife Lauren were left shaken when they heard a "British or European accent" coming from the camera.
Mr Gilbert said the voice directed offensive, sexualised words at their daughter Allyson, who was asleep in bed.
The family believed the hacker was able to call the child by her name because it was spelt out on the bedroom's wall.
The two-year-old is deaf, something the couple described as "something of a blessing" in the circumstances.
The BBC has found evidence of hackers sharing information on how to access insecure Foscam cameras via several widely-used forums.
Using specialist search engines, people can narrow their results by location.
On one forum, internet addresses for cameras - not all made by Foscam - were listed with descriptions such as "school/daycare?" and "kids room".
Source.
haha
Yelling obscenities at a two year old... sounds like a helluva time.
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