"I'm watching you".
1. The Ontario family was horrified when suddenly the baby monitor in the children's room turned on, creepy music began to play, and a voice said that it was watching them.
Parents say that the music sounded very ominous, and the voice was clearly audible. Therefore, it was not so difficult to believe that in fact someone was watching them.
Wake up, hearing the voice of a stranger in the nursery - the fear of many parents. And unfortunately, due to the fact that many modern gadgets connect to the Internet, these fears are being realized more often lately. That with you and your child did not happen anything like this, think about changing the password for the baby monitor access to the network. It must be unique and complex. Otherwise, the psychopath will not be able to hack him again. And it can be done by a hacker from anywhere in the world.
2. A couple from New York could not understand what frightening uncle of a baby monitor their three-year-old child says. But one night in April the family heard everything with their own ears.
The voice said something like "Wake up, baby. Daddy is watching you. " When the frightened parents ran into the room, a voice from the baby monitor said, "Look, someone's coming." This incident brought my mother to a fit of hysteria. Now she realized what kind of uncle her son was talking about, and he was really creepy.
3. Also in April, a similar case occurred in Kansas. Mom put her baby in the crib and noticed that the camera on the baby monitor watches her movements. The woman froze in horror.
"I realized that someone was watching me. I yelled straight at the camera "Stop following me". I absolutely did not understand what to do in such a situation. What I had to endure is terrible! ".
4. Another April incident - from Minnesota. The local mother had to wake up because of the strange music playing in the nursery.
Parents say that after hearing the music, they immediately went to the baby. But as soon as they approached the room, the music turned off. The police managed to trace the IP-address, from which the connection was made to the affected baby monitors. And he brought the investigation to the site, from which anyone can connect to one of the hacked gadgets.
5. In Houston, the nurse was playing with a one-year-old wards, as suddenly a voice from the baby monitor said "What a dirty diaper."
Hacked baby monitor
Nanny Ashley Stanley first thought that this was the parents decided in this way to make fun of her. But calling mom and dad the baby, I was sure that they have nothing to do with the voice. The stranger from the baby monitor said something else that it would be better to protect his gadget. Ashley hardly recovered from the incident. Nurse sincerely does not understand what it takes to be a man to silently quietly watch the life of an absolutely unfamiliar child. They must be very scary. Manufacturers of the device claim that the most reliable method of protection in such cases is changing the password and login for access to the camera.
6. At about midnight in April 2014, Heather Shrek heard a man yelling from the baby monitor "Baby, wake up! Wake up! ".
Heather immediately grabbed the phone to make sure that everything was in order with her baby. The girl was asleep, and her voice kept waking her. His father ran into the room, and as soon as he entered, the camera immediately turned in his direction. A voice from the device shouted to Adam some insults and curses. Not knowing another way to stop this nonsense, the man just turned off the camera.
As it turned out, the baby monitors like the one that was in the Shrek are very easy to crack. To avoid interference with the system from outside, you should change the access password to the camera and wi-fi. And it is best to make them different.
7. Mark Gilbert experienced something terrible in August 2013. He heard a man from the cell in the nursery calling his 2-year-old daughter.
Mark Gilbert, a victim of hackers
The very fact that a stranger invaded the personal life of the Gilberts is frightening. But even worse, this one knew the name of Mark's daughter. He addressed her by name, which, most likely, he read on the wall in the nursery. And this shows that the hacker controlled the camera and could calmly study the situation.When parents entered the baby's room, the psycho switched to them and began to shout insults towards them. Fortunately, the little daughter of the Gilberts did not hear anything and did not have time to get scared. Ellison was born deaf and wears a hearing aid. But before going to bed his parents took it off.
The problem is that they are connected to the Internet. On the one hand, this is fine, because thanks to this function, parents can always see their phone on the screen, which makes their child. But on the other - it is fraught with sad consequences. Gadgets are fairly simple to perform and hack them for fun, more or less experienced hackers are easy.
To protect yourself, you should regularly change passwords on the camera and router, check for updates and install them when necessary. And of course, do not forget to put a reliable antivirus on your computer - away from sin.