A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers

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In a startling security breach, approximately one million baby monitors and security cameras from Meari Technology were found to be vulnerable to hackers. These devices provided unauthorized access to private spaces, raising severe concerns about internet-connected security devices.

If your baby monitor looks something like this, it’s probably a Meari. | Image: Meari A baby's eyes peer directly into the camera lens. A kid with a striped shirt looks up, then away. A boy in a policeman's costume, a gold star on his chest. A messy bedroom that reminds me of my own daughters, with an unmade bunk bed, a little girl's hat and headband, and Hello Kitty plastered on the wall. One thought repeats in my mind: I shouldn't be seeing this. No stranger should. But bad actors could've easily spied on all these locations - and a million more - because many of Meari Technology's Wi-Fi baby monitors and security cameras were absurdly insecure. If you had access to one of those cameras, you theoretically had access to t … Read the full story at The Verge.