Monday, December 30, 2019

Amazon, Ring Sued Over Security Camera Hacking

Amazon and Ring, the Santa Monica company now owned by Amazon, are the targets of a new class action lawsuit filed in Alabama by a man who claims Amazon and Ring have filed to do enough to secure their systems against hacking. The lawsuit still needs to be approved for class action status. The legal filing comes after a long list of high profile, security-camera hacking incidents that have occurred in the last month, many linked to a group of hackers which were streaming hacked cameras live on Discord. Most of those takeovers have been attributed to poor password security by users, however, several articles have suggested that Ring could do a lot more to ensure better security on its devices.