Mum in a panic after hearing a ‘creepy man voice’ coming out of her baby monitor

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Mom is ‘sick in her stomach’ after hearing a ‘creepy man’s voice’ coming from her baby monitor overnight and ‘talking to her toddler’

  • A mother was mortified after hearing a ‘creepy man’s voice’ from her baby monitor
  • The woman expressed her concerns with other parents in a Facebook group
  • She claims the voice was ‘talking to her baby’ and she was ‘sick in the stomach’
  • There are ways to make WiFi baby monitors harder to hack

By Carina Stathis for Daily Mail Australia

Published: 02:56 BST, October 7, 2022 | Updated: 03:07 BST, October 7, 2022

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A mother has been left deeply troubled after hearing a ‘creepy man’s voice’ through her baby monitor.

The mother shared her concerns in a panicked post on Facebook and issued a stern warning to all parents who use a monitor connected to Wi-Fi.

“We heard a scary man’s voice talking to our baby over our baby monitor. My heart sank and I felt sick to my stomach,” she wrote.

“When I was researching baby monitors, I knew hacking was possible, but I didn’t know it would happen to us!!”

A mother was left 'frightened' after hearing the voice of a 'creepy man' coming through a baby monitor (stock image)

A mother was left ‘frightened’ after hearing the voice of a ‘creepy man’ coming through a baby monitor (stock image)

The woman said she decided to voice her concerns on social media for two reasons.

First, she wanted to make sure all other moms know that WiFi baby monitors can be hacked.

‘Make sure you strengthen your password, enable 2FA (two-factor authentication), and have a Wi-Fi password. Or if you are a mother-to-be or considering buying a WiFi monitor, please reconsider!’ the woman wrote.

According to baby stuff suppliesalmost any baby monitor can be hacked, but the type of monitor used can determine how difficult or easy it is to do so.

For example, a WiFi baby monitor without a password is much easier to hack compared to a baby monitor with a strong password and two-factor authentication.

According to Baby Gear, virtually any baby monitor can be hacked, but the type of monitor used can determine how difficult or easy it is to do this (stock image)

According to Baby Gear, virtually any baby monitor can be hacked, but the type of monitor used can determine how difficult or easy it is to do this (stock image)

According to Baby Gear, virtually any baby monitor can be hacked, but the type of monitor used can determine how difficult or easy it is to do this (stock image)

The woman then asked for help and said, ‘I feel so anxious and can hardly sleep when I think about it. How can I overcome it?’

Others from the Facebook community offered their support to the stressed-out mother.

Omg this is my biggest fear. That’s why (maybe I’m being paranoid) I didn’t point the camera at the baby – it’s under the bed and I just keep the sound on like I used to,” one woman commented.

Baby Gear says monitors are less at risk if parents make sure their Wi-Fi network is secure and “limit the broadcasting of video outside your own private network as much as possible.”

How hackers can access baby monitors

Consumer magazine ‘Which?’ warned that about 3.5 million internet-connected security cameras in the country were at risk of being hacked even if users changed their passwords, after researchers tested a range of devices two years ago.

While such incidents are rare, it comes after another young family feared they were being spied on in their own home for weeks after their 15-month-old boy was awakened in the night after hearing a “deep male voice,” which they believe to be a ​to be a man who has access to their child’s bed camera.

Shannon Richardson, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, says her son Freddie inexplicably woke up every night around 2am in December and refused to go back to sleep, leaving her and partner Jack Gray perplexed.

Any product connected to the internet without proper security can be hacked by anyone, including a baby monitor.

Hackers will scour the web to find unsecured cameras before exploiting them.

The most common way is by accessing a home’s Wi-Fi router, which the devices work with. If they are not password protected, they are easy to infiltrate.

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