Fifteen Families Sue Amazon Ring Over Hacked Devices Leading to Racial Slurs, Threats, and Sexual Harassment
A new lawsuit against the Amazon-owned Ring home security company alleges the company should have done more to prevent “horrific” invasions of privacy that resulted in incidences of sexual harassment, blackmail and threats, and racial slurs.
The class-action suit, filed by 30 people in 15 lead plaintiff families, claims the California-based company should have enacted more strict security measures to prevent hackers from taking over the devices, The Guardian reported.
The new suit combines previous suits from people who claim they were harassed after the devices were hacked. The claim says Ring blamed the victims for the hijackings in the past, by asserting victims should have used stronger passwords. The suit also alleges Ring has not updated security measures since the attacks.