Ring security camera hacking leaves Wichita family feeling violated
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) -
"I have your address, OK?"
Hacked. A family relaxing at home suddenly the subject of random comments on every move they make.
"Taking pictures of the baby? Aw, sweet!" the voice says at one point in security camera footage from inside the home.
Then, a few minutes later, the male voice turns harsh.
"Sit the f**k back down!"
"Did you hear that?" the young boy asks.
That's just one part of the Ring security footage Ashley and Jake Norris have saved from the incident.
"It's creepy," Ashley said.
"We're sitting here watching TV, hanging out as a family," Jake said. "And someone's using it like a reality TV show or something."
That became the Norris' reality last week when someone hacked into their brand new Ring security cameras.
"My son was out here (in the living room) on his iPad and we started hearing kind of this muffled talking," Ashley said.
She says at first she thought it was just someone or something on her son's iPad making the noise, or maybe her husband playing a joke on them. But then it happened again after Jake came home.
"We're looking at the Christmas tree and they start talking again," Jake said.
"That tree is looking really, really good, guys," the voice says in the security camera video.
That's when Jake figured out where the voice was coming from and immediately moved to unplug both of their cameras, in the upstairs living room and the downstairs family room.
"My kids are here and he's talking to my kids and spying on... it's just... so wrong," Ashley said.
In the video, you can see Jake moving to unplug the cameras and hear the voice arguing.
"No! Put me down! Put me down! I have feelings!"
Then, he told them, he had their address, even sending them a pizza to prove he knew where they lived.
"Our daughter is still creeped out," Ashley said. "She couldn't fall asleep that night and I've slept with her every night since because she's so scared."
That's when the Norris' decided to file a police report and Ashley warned her friends on Facebook.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) -
"I have your address, OK?"
Hacked. A family relaxing at home suddenly the subject of random comments on every move they make.
"Taking pictures of the baby? Aw, sweet!" the voice says at one point in security camera footage from inside the home.
Then, a few minutes later, the male voice turns harsh.
"Sit the f**k back down!"
"Did you hear that?" the young boy asks.
That's just one part of the Ring security footage Ashley and Jake Norris have saved from the incident.
"It's creepy," Ashley said.
"We're sitting here watching TV, hanging out as a family," Jake said. "And someone's using it like a reality TV show or something."
That became the Norris' reality last week when someone hacked into their brand new Ring security cameras.
"My son was out here (in the living room) on his iPad and we started hearing kind of this muffled talking," Ashley said.
She says at first she thought it was just someone or something on her son's iPad making the noise, or maybe her husband playing a joke on them. But then it happened again after Jake came home.
"We're looking at the Christmas tree and they start talking again," Jake said.
"That tree is looking really, really good, guys," the voice says in the security camera video.
That's when Jake figured out where the voice was coming from and immediately moved to unplug both of their cameras, in the upstairs living room and the downstairs family room.
"My kids are here and he's talking to my kids and spying on... it's just... so wrong," Ashley said.
In the video, you can see Jake moving to unplug the cameras and hear the voice arguing.
"No! Put me down! Put me down! I have feelings!"
Then, he told them, he had their address, even sending them a pizza to prove he knew where they lived.
"Our daughter is still creeped out," Ashley said. "She couldn't fall asleep that night and I've slept with her every night since because she's so scared."
That's when the Norris' decided to file a police report and Ashley warned her friends on Facebook.
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