Hacked Ring Cams

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Two men were charged with hacking Ring home security cameras and swatting the owners. They posted the fiasco online using the ring camera video.

Two Men were charged with hacking into Ring home security cameras and then swatting the victims while they recorded the event using the victim's Ring Cams! The events were then posted online. Swatting is reporting false charges of bomb making or hostage taking at the address of the victim. Police must act in case the report is accurate.

The feat was accomplished by hacking into the clients insecure Yahoo accounts. Yahoo was hacked 3 separate times from 2015 to 2017. Then, after gaining access to the accounts, they looked for Ring accounts with the same username and password. Remember, never use the same password twice. Those were the victims.

Brian Krebs wrote an interesting article about this and the men who did it.

Two Morals for this Story

Don't use Yahoo for Email
Don't re-use a password

Date: May 2023

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Home Forms About Current Newsletter subscribe Search All Articles Browse by Category Security Internet Mobile Business Hardware Fun		Hacked Ring Cams Preview: Two men were charged with hacking Ring home security cameras and swatting the owners. They posted the fiasco online using the ring camera video. Two Men were charged with hacking into Ring home security cameras and then swatting the victims while they recorded the event using the victim's Ring Cams! The events were then posted online. Swatting is reporting false charges of bomb making or hostage taking at the address of the victim. Police must act in case the report is accurate. The feat was accomplished by hacking into the clients insecure Yahoo accounts. Yahoo was hacked 3 separate times from 2015 to 2017. Then, after gaining access to the accounts, they looked for Ring accounts with the same username and password. Remember, never use the same password twice. Those were the victims. Brian Krebs wrote an interesting article about this and the men who did it. Two Morals for this Story Don't use Yahoo for Email Don't re-use a password Date: May 2023 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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