‘Not Our Problem’
Hacking victims need help from the social media and other big tech companies through which they were hacked; many are not getting it.
Professor Justin Cappos commented on a class-action lawsuit brought against Amazon by people claiming that the company's Ring security cameras allowed bad actors to watch them inside their homes. “It’s crazy to me they [Amazon] would sell a highly sensitive device like an Internet-attached camera with a speaker to consumers and rely on outdated authentication technology like a password and username.” Speaking about account take-over attacks on Meta's Facebook, he added that “It makes sense that companies will occasionally make a misstep, but when it becomes a pattern, as with Meta, then a consumer should be very concerned and avoid their products.”
