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    'Why are you looking at me? I see you watching me.' Smart devices like Nest getting hacked in digital home invasions

    by Ally Marotti, Chicago Tribune Feb 08, 2019 6 minutes

    Arjun and Jessica Sud routinely use a baby monitor to keep tabs on their 7-month-old's bedroom. Last month, they heard something chilling through the monitor: A deep male voice was speaking to their child.

    "Immediately I barge into the room because I'm like, 'Oh my God, maybe someone got in there,'" said Arjun Sud, 29. "The moment I walk in, it's quiet."

    The couple grabbed their son, now fully awake, and headed downstairs. When they passed their Nest thermostat, normally set around 72 degrees, they noticed it had been turned up to 90. Then, the voice was back, coming through the speaker in a downstairs security camera. And this time, it was talking to them.

    The voice was rude and vulgar, using the n-word and cursing, he said. At first, he yelled back. But then, Sud composed himself and stared into the camera.

    "He was like, 'Why are you looking at me? I see you watching me,'" Sud said. "That's when I started to question him back."

    The Lake Barrington, Ill., family's Nest cameras and

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