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Missokyst -> Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 8:48:08 PM)
Disturbing Baby monitor hacked, hacker calls 2-year-old girl a 'little slut'Tuesday, August 13, 2013 Jessica Willey \| KTRK-TV HOUSTON, TX HOUSTON (KFSN) -- It was a terrifying experience for the parents of two young children after their baby monitor was hacked. What the hacker did next is even more disturbing. The story has a creepy factor. The father in northwest Harris County says he and his wife heard a detached voiced saying sexual things to their two-year-old daughter and it was coming from her room. For two years, Marc Gilbert and his wife have come to rely on their Internet cameras. "We almost couldn't live without it," he said. With them, they could watch their two toddlers in their rooms. But over the weekend, someone else was watching, too. "It felt like somebody broke into our house," Gilbert said. Gilbert says he first heard a voice from down the hall. As he and his wife got closer, what it was saying got worse. "He said, 'Wake up you little slut,'" Gilbert said. And soon he knew it was coming from the camera. "I see the camera move on us," Gilbert said. Gilbert immediately pulled the plug and started doing research. He believes someone hacked his router as well as the camera. The person could see Allyson's name on the bedroom wall to call her by it. He now wants to warn parents about the danger. "As a father, I'm supposed to protect her against people like this. So it's a little embarrassing to say the least but it's not going to happen again," Gilbert said. The only saving grace is that Allyson never heard a thing. "Allyson was born deaf, so she has cochlear implants. Thankfully we had them off and she didn't hear any of it and she slept right through it," Gilbert said. A computer expert suggests following all security recommendations for these types of cameras, as well as securing your home networks as much as possible. This story is from KTRK-TV, our sister station in Houston, Texas. Learn more from ABCNews.com

AthenaSurrenders -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 8:57:53 PM)
That is very disturbing indeed. Hearing a stranger's voice coming from my child's bedroom is nightmare fuel right there. I'm glad the little girl is unaware of what was happening, that kind of thing could give her bad dreams for years.

tj444 -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 9:33:20 PM)
sounds like they didn't have their internet password protected.. "Chronister offered some simple tips to check the security of your network. First, make sure it's password protected. If you are connecting a new device for the first time, you should be prompted to enter a password. If your internet service provider set up your Wi-Fi, change the password to one with at least 10 to 15 characters (numbers and letters) and change the password often. Hackers will choose the path of least resistance. A shorter password is easier to crack. If a hacker is working on yours for a while and you change it, his or her work starts over. "Just change it and change it on a regular basis. Every six months, every a year," said Chronister. "It's a pain, but getting hacked and having someone yelling at your kids through a web cam is, to me, a lot more painful than having to change your password." Look at your Wi-Fi security settings for the type of encryption used. If you're using WEP, change the setting to WPA or WPA2, says Chronister." http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Familys-baby-monitor-hacked-how-to-secure-your-Wi-Fi-network-219474131.html

Hillwilliam -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 9:39:48 PM)
An alternative would be to name your network "Homeland Security Mobile Unit". You'll never have to worry about neighbors stealing your bandwidth.[8D]

Winterapple -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 9:42:18 PM)
That's so sick. Mercifully, the little girl was unaware of it.

tj444 -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 10:05:55 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam An alternative would be to name your network "Homeland Security Mobile Unit". You'll never have to worry about neighbors stealing your bandwidth.[8D] yeah, that would dissuade most people but the renegade hackers might look at your network as a challenge.. It would be like waving a red flag in front of a bull!!! [:D]

AthenaSurrenders -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 11:09:46 PM)
While it is common sense to have your internet security up to date, the parents couldn't have anticipated something as weird as that. You might think that someone would hog your bandwidth or attempt to get your bank details, but this? I wonder if he specifically targeted them because he wanted to do this, or if he was just poking around and saw an opportunity? If he hacked in with the intention of doing it, how did he know they had this set up?

Termyn8or -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 11:12:17 PM)
Nobody even thinks of spending actual time watching the kid(s). Got it. T^T

AthenaSurrenders -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 11:22:12 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Termyn8or Nobody even thinks of spending actual time watching the kid(s). Got it. T^T The little girl was asleep in her room, and they had baby monitors set up to check on them. The parents were both in the house. Short of sitting awake watching the children the whole time they slept, what more should they have been doing?

shallowdeep -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/13/2013 11:23:26 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: tj444 sounds like they didn't have their internet password protected.. Actually, according to this article in Forbes, there was a password set on both the router and the camera. Using the WPA2 protocol with a strong password on WiFi is good advice, but it was probably irrelevant in this case. Chances are the attack came over the Internet connection, not the local wireless network. The camera/monitor in question appears to be one with a known firmware vulnerability. Tools like Shodan make it relatively easy for hackers to find vulnerable systems that are connected to the Internet. Making matters worse, many companies producing consumer electronics with Internet connectivity don't have the resources or policies that larger companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft have in place to respond to vulnerabilities, so fixes may take a long time to appear, if they come at all. And, even then, many consumers never bother to check for or install updated firmware. Setting strong, non-default passwords is always a good idea, but it's not always even close to being sufficient to guarantee security.

DarkSteven -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/14/2013 1:04:35 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Termyn8or Nobody even thinks of spending actual time watching the kid(s). Got it. T^T I sure hope you've never had kids if you think that watching them 24/7, even while they sleep, is a great idea.

tj444 -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/14/2013 5:38:55 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: AthenaSurrenders While it is common sense to have your internet security up to date, the parents couldn't have anticipated something as weird as that. You might think that someone would hog your bandwidth or attempt to get your bank details, but this? I wonder if he specifically targeted them because he wanted to do this, or if he was just poking around and saw an opportunity? If he hacked in with the intention of doing it, how did he know they had this set up? its commonsense but there are people that drive around looking for open networks & there are people that are very computer/internet illiterate & wouldn't even know to do that.. I am actually using an open network right now... I have no idea whose internet it is but its open and faster than other open networks (from the hotel across the street) which I could also access.. How does this couple know that his accessing the baby monitor was the only thing he accessed? I expect he went poking around to see what else was available to him, just that this couple haven't figured that out yet..

tj444 -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/14/2013 5:48:45 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: shallowdeep quote: ORIGINAL: tj444 sounds like they didn't have their internet password protected.. Actually, according to this article in Forbes, there was a password set on both the router and the camera. Using the WPA2 protocol with a strong password on WiFi is good advice, but it was probably irrelevant in this case. Chances are the attack came over the Internet connection, not the local wireless network. The camera/monitor in question appears to be one with a known firmware vulnerability. Tools like Shodan make it relatively easy for hackers to find vulnerable systems that are connected to the Internet. Making matters worse, many companies producing consumer electronics with Internet connectivity don't have the resources or policies that larger companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft have in place to respond to vulnerabilities, so fixes may take a long time to appear, if they come at all. And, even then, many consumers never bother to check for or install updated firmware. Setting strong, non-default passwords is always a good idea, but it's not always even close to being sufficient to guarantee security. Yes, I have read about vulnerabilities due to the equipment/software flaws.. the link at the bottom of the article I posted has info on a router that has that problem.. its always a good idea to find reviews on whatever products you are planning on buying and seeing what people have said about it, and reading reviews on computer sites like cnet, etc.. One major complaint I have about manufacturers is they are in so much of a rush to get their crap on the market that they put it out there without fully & properly testing it in the first place.. that really ticks me off! and its a reason to wait and see what the bugs are.. let someone else be the cavy (guinea pig)..

pahunkboy -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/14/2013 5:59:18 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Termyn8or Nobody even thinks of spending actual time watching the kid(s). Got it. T^T Actually you are right. I see it all the time on this block. No supervision- feral kids- I am the baby sitter. Then when my stuff gets broken- no one did it.

Missokyst -> RE: Baby Monitor Hacked (8/14/2013 9:20:06 AM)
Are they making baby monitors now that must run off a wireless network? Man.. I am old. The ones available in my day were more like walkie talkies, with one part in the baby room was set to listen, and the other 2 parts broadcast the sound. They had channels which you could set one way or the other in case someone next door had the same model and you were picking up their receiver. This is the same sort I use for my house now to keep an ear out for mom. In a setup like the one I descibed above anyone picking up our signals has to be within a distance of about 2 house lengths. It is hard to imagine one that runs of a wireless network one must encrypt, if the network goes down so does any monitoring. Oh... and on another note, it is impossible to watch children 24/7. Without sleep people can become quite irrational.

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