Possessed baby monitor shouts obscenities at Texas tot A Texas father ripped out the baby video monitor he'd installed to watch over his two year-old daughter after he heard a British or European man using the device to address the child by name. Father of two Marc Gilbert told ABC News that he heard a male voice coming from inside his daughter's bedroom, calling out her name and …
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I'm absolutely stunned that someone would even consider an IP camera in a child's room if there was a possibility of an external network connection being formed. I'm sure people will argue that it's to monitor children while the parents are not at home, in which case I'd suggest they have a far larger issue than a creepy hacker.
It reminded me of the IP camera set I bought from Aldi that had been used, a dynamic IP service set and fully password protected. Not even a factory reset would allow access and a firmware update could only be done, you guessed it, from within the password protected zone. Needless to say that I returned it. Aldi were gobsmacked as to how it had happened given that the security seals were intact at time of purchase. I suggested at the point of manufacture and the Manager removed all remaining units from the floor.
"I'm absolutely stunned that someone would even consider an IP camera in a child's room if there was a possibility of an external network connection being formed."
The world is not The Register. Most people don't have a deep understanding of computers let alone of computer security.
I'm stunned that even the most mindless social gimp would swear at/frighten a sleeping bairn. These gimps are also stunningly naive in their belief that the internet is somehow magic and anonymous and that they are safe from detection, exposure and punishment. Some wretch believes Tor or whatever will protect him. Has a laff abusing folks on line. One day he goes to far and commits a crime by threatening to kill/assault somebody. He is in custody within 24 hours.
Opinions seem to be sharply divided on whether this man's home network was adequately secured.
I suppose there are Europeans with the skills to hack into it and take over the baby alarm, though why they would bother is a mystery. But the article also says He heard a male voice coming from inside his daughter's bedroom, calling out her name. This implies that alleged hacker gained access to a computer, where he was able to find out the baby's name, then hacked the baby alarm. Possible, but vanishingly improbable.
I suppose there are Europeans with the skills to hack into it and take over the baby alarm, though why they would bother is a mystery.
Dunno if you're being sarcastic, but why do people hack anything? Boredom? Thrills? Mental problems? I'd actually be reluctant to call this hacking as it doesn't require any technical prowess to increment some letters and numbers in a dyndns address to hop from one webcam to the next.
Well, why be so narrow minded?
Apart from the 'mid-Atlantic' accent you get from East Coast US with UK business connections, what about the rest of the world?
I recall checking into an hotel on the East Coast US and being told "Hey - there's some of your guys in the bar."
Turns out they were Australian.
So could have been an antipodean intruder.
Or almost anyone not born and raised in Texas.
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