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The Mercury News (of San Jose, CA) is reporting:
Reports from across the country indicate a growing problem of hackers accessing the WiFi-enabled cameras from Nest and other similar companies. In December, a Houston couple rushed to their infant’s room when a hacker began screaming over the family’s Nest camera baby monitor that he was going to kidnap their child. The same month, a benevolent Canadian hacker began speaking to a Nest camera user in Arizona, warning him that his system was ripe for hacking and how to protect it.
“Our recent study of the Nest platform shows that it is reasonably secure, in comparison with other similar platforms,” Nadkarni said. “In such cases, the problem most often lies in how the devices are configured and used in the smart home, especially in terms of setting the account password.”
See the article for details“Our recent study of the Nest platform shows that it is reasonably secure, in comparison with other similar platforms,” Nadkarni said. “In such cases, the problem most often lies in how the devices are configured and used in the smart home, especially in terms of setting the account password.”
