Hacker Hijacks Baby Monitor, Harasses Toddler

ABC_baby_monitor_hacked_thg_130813_16x9_608Over the weekend of August 10th Houston, Texas couple Marc and Lauren Gilbert were victimized by an unknown hacker. The attacker gained remote access to a baby monitor located in their 2-year old daughter’s bedroom.

The parents learned of the situation when they heard the hacker’s voice coming from their child’s bedroom. The reported that the hacker was yelling lewd comments through the monitor, which is also video enabled.

Full details on the story can be found at the following website:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/14/tech/web/hacked-baby-monitor

A video of the report can be found here:

Brett Mabrie, CISSP
VP of Education


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