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Hacker talks to Arizona man through the Nest security camera in his home

Posted on December 12, 2018 by pogowasright.org

Agnel Philip reports what is becoming all-too-common:  a hacker hacks into a connected device and starts talking to a homeowner through the device. In this case, it was a Nest Cam IQ security camera, and the hacker described himself as a “whitehat” in Canada who just wanted to warn the homeowner to use different passwords on his devices, etc.

Read more on USA Today.

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