American Themis took up the vulnerability of Amazon Ring home cameras

Cyber ​​security is not much different from any other security, assuming it is as much a concern for the consumer as it is for the device manufacturer or service provider. If you don't know how to shoot accurately, then blaming the weapon for this seems the height of stupidity. Similarly, gaps in cyber security in the form of default passwords and logins and using the same account for a host of services and services looks unwise and irresponsible. But over and over again stepping on this rake, users prefer not to blame themselves, but the manufacturer, repeating invariably: “I paid for it!”.

On Tuesday, one John Baker Orange from Alabama filed a class action against Amazon and its division Ring, which is responsible for the production of "smart" door locks and home security cameras. Plaintiff alleges that Ring cameras, contrary to the manufacturer's claim of being "safe here, now and everywhere," have flaws that leave consumers vulnerable to hackers. In his case, the door peephole, with the voice of the burglar, forced the plaintiff's young children to stop playing in front of the house and approach the camera.

After this “egregious and deadly incident,” Orange changed the password for accessing the Ring camera system from medium complexity to more complex and switched to two-factor authentication. What prevented him from doing so immediately after buying and installing the camera was the feeling that the $250 thing should take care of his safety. This case has become one of the few that have been reported more and more often regarding the, as it turned out, unsafe Amazon Ring cameras and this video surveillance system in general. Earlier, the American media reported a case when, through the Amazon home camera, a bully called himself Santa Claus and insulted an 8-year-old girl who was in the room.

Orange v. Ring will be pending in the US District Court for the Central District of California. The amount of compensation has not been announced, but it is provided. Representatives for Ring and Amazon declined to comment. Amazon has acquired Ring in 2018 for $839 million and after a while got into a scandal with her. It turned out that Ring, instead of identifying users and violators by the AI ​​system used the services human operators from their division in Ukraine. Tons of home videos were freely viewed by live operators, which should be as embarrassing as being vulnerable to hackers.

Source: 3dnews.ru