A technician at ADT remotely accessed hundreds of customers' CCTV cameras to spy on people in their own homes, the burglar-alarm biz has admitted.
At least one of the victims was a teenage girl, and another a young mother, according to court filings.
Last month, an ADT customer in Dallas, Texas, spotted and reported an unexpected email address listed as an admin user on their home security system. An internal investigation revealed it was the personal email of one of its employees, and he had seemingly used it to view the home's camera system nearly a hundred times.
A probe found the same technician had made himself an admin on 220 customers' accounts, meaning he could lock and unlock doors remotely, as well as access the live feed of cameras connected to the ADT network. His access is said to have stretched back seven ..
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