Ring hackers demand $350,000 in Bitcoin from Texas couple, but something so simple ruined their plot

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Amazon's Ring cameras are now commonplace in homes of early smart tech adopters across the country, but just how secure are they? Recent reports from Ring owners read like a horror movie, with bad actors invading the internet-connected cameras and causing all manner of distress.

One of the most bizarre recent reports comes from Grand Prairie, Texas, where a couple says they awoke in the middle of the night to an alarm coming from their Ring camera. But that's not all they heard; After the couple came to investigate, a voice over the Ring's built-in speaker claimed that the couple's Ring account had been terminated, and that they themselves would be "terminated" if they didn't fork over a hefty haul of cryptocurrency.

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Ring hackers demand $350,000 in Bitcoin from Texas couple, but something so simple ruined their plot originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 12 Dec 2019 at 12:29:51 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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