S.C. Mom Says Baby Monitor Was Hacked; Experts Say Many Devices Are Vulnerable
Jamie Summitt was eating dinner with her family when her baby monitor started to move. Which was weird, because everyone who was supposed to have control of the camera was in the room with her.
by Camila Domonoske
Jun 05, 2018
3 minutes
When Jamie Summitt woke up one Wednesday morning and saw the baby video monitor pointed right at her, she wasn't worried.
Yes, it had moved since the South Carolina stay-at-home mom fell asleep. But she assumed it was her husband, Kevin, checking in on her from work using the smartphone app that controls the camera.
That night, as the family ate dinner and the baby slept, her smartphone alerted her that the camera was being moved again.
"I looked over on my phone and saw that it was slowly panning over
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