Ring security cameras gave every employee full access to all customer video for years: FTC
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AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) Ring security cameras, the inexpensive security cameras that people can hook up in their houses or on their doors, were not fully secure for years, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
The video doorbell company allegedly "gave every employee . full access to every customer video" before 2017 and failed to patch bugs in the system that allowed hackers to access cameras and scare consumers, the FTC s federal complaint says.
"Not only could every Ring employee and Ukraine-based third-party contractor access every customer s videos (all of which were stored unencrypted on Ring s network), but they could also readily download any customer s videos and then view, share, or disclose those videos at will," the civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday by the Justice Department on behalf of the FTC says. "Before July 2017, Ring did not impose any technical or procedural res
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) Ring security cameras, the inexpensive security cameras that people can hook up in their houses or on their doors, were not fully secure for years, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
The video doorbell company allegedly "gave every employee . full access to every customer video" before 2017 and failed to patch bugs in the system that allowed hackers to access cameras and scare consumers, the FTC s federal complaint says.
"Not only could every Ring employee and Ukraine-based third-party contractor access every customer s videos (all of which were stored unencrypted on Ring s network), but they could also readily download any customer s videos and then view, share, or disclose those videos at will," the civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday by the Justice Department on behalf of the FTC says. "Before July 2017, Ring did not impose any technical or procedural res
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(NEW YORK) Ring security cameras, the inexpensive security cameras that people can hook up in their houses or on their doors, were not fully secure for years, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
The video doorbell company allegedly "gave every employee . full access to every customer video" before 2017 and failed to patch bugs in the system that allowed hackers to access cameras and scare consumers, the FTC s federal complaint says.
"Not only could every Ring employee and Ukraine-based third-party contractor access every customer s videos (all of which were stored unencrypted on Ring s network), but they could also readily download any customer s videos and then view, share, or disclose those videos at will," the civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday by the Justice Department on behalf of the FTC says. "Before July 2017, Ring did not impose any technical or procedural res
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