Wyze data breach summary:
- Who: Smart home products company Wyze revealed in an email to customers that 13,000 businesses were affected by a recent data breach.
- why: The data breach, which Wise blamed in part on its web hosting provider Amazon Web Services, allowed users to briefly peek into other people’s homes.
- where: Wyze cameras are used by consumers across the country.
The number of consumers affected by the Wyze data breach has increased since the wireless camera company’s CEO announced that the company had identified 14 people who were able to briefly look inside homes that were not the owners. Days later, the number had grown to 13,000.
In an email sent to customers this week, Wise acknowledged that a data breach had occurred, apologized for the incident and sought to place some of the blame on its web hosting provider, Amazon Web Services. The Verge reports.
The data breach reportedly occurred as Wyze tried to get its cameras back online after an outage that it blamed on AWS. Customers reported that mysterious images and video footage appeared in the “Events” tab during that time.
In response to customer concerns, Wyze disabled access to the “Events” tab and began investigating the incident, The Verge reports.
Company announces everyone affected by Wyze data breach has been notified
Wyze reportedly revealed that a total of 1,504 people were able to tap on the thumbnail to enlarge it and peer into someone else’s home, and several of them were able to view the video.
The company is working on resolving the issue by adding an extra layer of validation for viewing images and videos in the Events tab, and has already notified everyone affected by the data breach and has confirmed that customers More than 99% said they were not affected, The Verge reported.
“We know this is very disappointing news. It is not a reflection of our commitment to protecting our customers, and it is not a reflection of the work we have done in recent years to make security a top priority at Wyze. It does not reflect any other investments or actions,” the email said, The Verge reported.
Wyze was also involved in another data breach in December 2019, in which Disclosure of personal information 2.4 million of the company’s customers accounted for most of the month.
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