{"id":2230,"date":"2021-01-25T10:03:41","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T10:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/?p=2230"},"modified":"2021-03-26T20:33:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:33:34","slug":"preventing-hacked-baby-monitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/newborn\/preventing-hacked-baby-monitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Monitor Manufacturers Have Helped Bring About a Huge Drop in Baby Monitor Hackings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For several years, as the novelty of internet-linked baby monitors caught on with the general public, a number of serious security issues came to light. This led to a spate of high-profile news stories detailing how easily hackable many baby monitors were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Increased_Security_To_Fight_Hackers\"><\/span>Increased Security To Fight Hackers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662dca986834d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" 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ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/newborn\/preventing-hacked-baby-monitors\/#Baby_Monitor_Manufacturers_Subpoenaed\" title=\"Baby Monitor Manufacturer&#8217;s Subpoenaed\">Baby Monitor Manufacturer&#8217;s Subpoenaed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/newborn\/preventing-hacked-baby-monitors\/#Default_Passwords_Reset\" title=\"Default Passwords Reset\">Default Passwords Reset<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/newborn\/preventing-hacked-baby-monitors\/#Owners_Need_To_Take_Action\" title=\"Owners Need To Take Action\">Owners Need To Take Action<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/newborn\/preventing-hacked-baby-monitors\/#Which_Brands_Are_Safe\" title=\"Which Brands Are Safe?\">Which Brands Are Safe?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2015, security has gotten much stronger for web-enabled baby monitors, making it much more difficult for a hacker to gain access to the device from a remote location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some compromised monitors were even leading to other devices connected to home networks being at risk for intrusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Baby_Monitor_Manufacturers_Subpoenaed\"><\/span>Baby Monitor Manufacturer&#8217;s Subpoenaed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/security\/hack-alert-nyc-regulators-warn-parents-secure-their-baby-monitors-n505391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">early 2016<\/a>, the New York Department of Consumer Affairs issued a subpoena to 4 baby monitor manufacturers, seeking information pertaining to their security practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, along with other news reports from the previous year, shined a light onto the lax security practices employed by both manufacturers and owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Default_Passwords_Reset\"><\/span>Default Passwords Reset<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password.webp 450w,https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password-300x193.webp 300w,https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password-20x13.webp 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password.jpg\" height=\"290\" width=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password.jpg 450w, https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/baby-monitor-password-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" class=\"wp-image-2235 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"baby monitor passwords\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps the biggest security enhancement that some companies have made is to require monitor owners to reset the default password for the device\u2019s&nbsp;stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Too often, those who owned baby monitors would just leave the username and password the same as when it came out of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All a hacker would have to do in that case is enter the default credentials and they could access the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when the owner isn\u2019t required to change the default password, many more are doing so now than they were before, thanks in part to the media attention on insecure baby monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since most hackers are looking for easy targets, when encountering a system without a default password they would just move on to a different one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Owners_Need_To_Take_Action\"><\/span>Owners Need To Take Action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While manufacturers have been doing their part, owner action plays a crucial role in the security of a baby monitor connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It only takes a few minutes to essentially make your system unhackable by those trolling the internet for cameras to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Which_Brands_Are_Safe\"><\/span>Which Brands Are Safe?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The sad reality is, anything that is hooked up to the internet can be hacked. A security company last year tried compared how easy it was to hack different models of baby monitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see some of the results in the news report below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hacked Baby Monitors\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ExOEHNYJcU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Kidsaversnetwork first highlighted how easy <a href=\"https:\/\/kidsaversnetwork.com\/newborn\/which-baby-monitor-is-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">baby monitors could be hacked<\/a> in early 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our article, which included steps parents could take to secure their monitors, was shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/staysafeonline.org\/blog\/protecting-baby-monitors-hacking\/\">Stay Safe Online<\/a> and many other news websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several years, as the novelty of internet-linked baby monitors caught on with the general public, a number of serious security issues came to light. 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