Are smart home safe??can Smart home be hacked!!

In Texas, US, extortionists managed to breach home security cameras to demand cryptocurrency from an unsuspecting couple. 

Tania Amador, 28-year-old who lives in Grand Prarie, gave a video to local news which reportedly showed that Ring security system had been hacked by cryptocurrency hungry scammers who demanded 50 Bitcoin (around $400,000 rounded up). 

if this wasn’t scary enough, the hackers also managed to gain control of her Ring doorbell to make it appear that they were outside her home.

Amador and her boyfriend didn’t know what was happening at the time, so just took the batteries out of the hijacked cameras.

Ring has been facing a slew of privacy concerns after numerous reports that their products have been hacked by bad actors.

A quick Google demonstrates this isn’t an isolated issue. A recent Motherboard report found that there is software available specifically designed to hack Ring cameras which sells for as little as $6.

The home security company told WFAA and Amador that the hacks were a result of a third-party data breach in which Ring account details were exposed. This was not a result of Ring’s security being breached or compromised, it said.

In any case, the more internet-connected devices you have in your home, the more likely you are to be hacked. You don’t need me to tell you to regularly change your passwords.