In a chilling exchange caught on video, a family says a man was able to interact with their daughter after hacking into a Ring security camera that had recently been installed in a bedroom
When Alyssa LeMay heard strange music and sounds coming from her bedroom, she walked in expecting to find one of her sisters. But the room was empty."Hello there," a man's voice said.Credit:It wasn't Alyssa's father, who was elsewhere inside the family's Mississippi home. The voice belonged to a stranger. And not only could the faceless man speak to the young girl — he could see her.
Trust was a major factor in Ashley LeMay's decision to buy Ring cameras for her home. For two years, the 27-year-old mother of four said she talked herself out of getting indoor security cameras, citing potential privacy breaches as one of her concerns. That changed when she saw that a majority of people in her neighbourhood in a small northern Mississippi community had outfitted their homes with Ring doorbells. LeMay's friend, a fellow mother, also recommended the indoor camera to her.
For LeMay, who works overnight at a hospital as a laboratory scientist, the cameras not only gave her "peace of mind" but also helped her children feel safe. In the video recorded by the camera, the overly cheerful song is playing as Alyssa walks into the empty bedroom. The hacker's sudden greeting prompts the girl to gasp and whip her head from side to side, frantically looking for the source.The voice begins shouting the n-word at Alyssa, who is becoming increasingly confused."Who is that?" Alyssa can be heard asking.
"That was the most chilling part to me," LeMay said. "She's asking for my help and there's literally nothing I could do to protect her in that moment."
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