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Hacker talks to Milwaukee couple through smart-home system

Posted at 7:13 AM, Sep 25, 2019
and last updated 2019-09-25 10:13:42-04

A Milwaukee couple was totally creeped out after a hacker took control of their smart-home system.

The hacker turned up the thermostat to 90 degrees and then spoke to the couple through a kitchen camera and played vulgar music through the system.

Samantha Westmoreland and her husband believed someone hacked into their Wi-Fi and then their Nest system.

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Google, which owns Nest, says the system was not breached and the couple's password was most likely compromised.