UK's National Cyber Security Centre sidles in to help firm behind hacked NurseryCam product secure itself

UK's National Cyber Security Centre sidles in to help firm behind hacked NurseryCam product secure itself

The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is now helping IoT gadget firm FootfallCam Ltd secure product lines following the recent digital burglary of its nursery webcam operation.


Company director Melissa Kao confirmed to The Register that the NCSC, a sibling of UK spy agency GCHQ, was helping the company shore up security after its NurseryCam product was hacked last week.

"We are aware of this incident and working to fully understand its impact," an NCSC spokesman told The Register.


FootfallCam Ltd is the operator of the NurseryCam brand of web-connected camera services. As its name suggests, NurseryCam is a product deployed in daycare centres so parents can have a look at how junior is getting on.

The company needs NCSC's help: although we previously reported that users' passwords were hashed ..

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