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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Your Ring cameras weren't hacked over the weekend — here's what actually happened
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. If you noticed a flurry of unauthorized devices logged into your Ring account recently, you're not alone and no, you weren't hacked. As reported by BleepingComputer, Ring, which makes some of the best video doorbells and home security cameras, has revealed that a bug in a backend update led to customers around the world believing their accounts might have been hacked. In a post on Facebook, the company explained that it was aware of 'a bug that incorrectly displays prior login dates as May 28, 2025.' Ring also updated its status page, explaining that the bug led to information being incorrectly displayed within the Control Center in its app. The company also went on to say that 'we have no reason to believe this is the result of unauthorized access to customer accounts.' In addition to fake login entries, some Ring customers reported that they saw unknown devices, strange IP addresses and even countries they've never been to in their Authorized Client Devices list. As BleepingComputer points out, this led many of them to believe that these entries couldn't just be previous logins. To make matters worse, it took Ring a lot longer than many customers believed it would to reverse the faulty backend update that led to all this confusion in the first. In fact, even after three days, some users are still seeing logins from unrecognized devices. Likewise, some users reported seeing live view activity when no one within their household had accessed the app. At the same time, other customers reported that they didn't receive security alerts or multi-factor authentication prompts when new devices were added to their Ring app. How to keep your Ring account safe from hackers Seeing unauthorized devices access your video doorbell and home security cameras is certainly the kind of thing that can leave someone shaken up. It could also indicate that your account was hacked which is why this backend update bug led to an uproar online from Ring users. If you're worried about unauthorized devices accessing your Ring account, you can open the app, head to Control Center and then to Authorized Client Devices. There, you'll see a list of all devices and logins. If there are any there you don't recognize, then you should remove them immediately. Although Ring has done its best to assure users that this was not a data breach, it's still a good idea to change your password if you haven't done so recently. Just like with the rest of your online accounts, you want to ensure you're using a strong and complex password in the Ring app. If you have trouble coming up with passwords on your own or even just remembering them, then you might want to consider using one of the best password managers. Not only will they generate strong and unique passwords for all of your online accounts but a password manager also stores all of your credentials securely in one place so that they're easy to find. In addition to changing your Ring password, you should also set up two-factor authentication for your account if you haven't done so already. That way, anyone who tries to login to your account will also need a single-use code to gain access to it. I've reached out to Ring in regard to this recent backend update bug and will update this story accordingly if and when I learn more. In the meantime though, an incident like this one while scary could be the wake-up call you needed to start taking your online security more seriously. It's one thing to lose access to an account and it's another to potentially have strangers watching your every move online. When it comes to the best home security cameras, you always want to make sure that you keep their apps updated and that you're using a strong and complex password that you aren't using for any of your other online accounts. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button. More from Tom's Guide How to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for Ring cameras Which Ring Video Doorbell should you buy? Ring backtracks, lets cops once again request video from your doorbell and security cameras
CTV News
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Jon Stewart spoofs Elmo's X account getting hacked
We have seen Elmo of 'Sesame Street' in a variety of lights, but never as an alt-right supporter. After the beloved character's X account was hacked, Jon Stewart decided to have some fun with a look-alike puppet of Elmo on the 'The Daily Show' on July 14. (Roy Rochlin/via CNN Newsource) We have seen Elmo of 'Sesame Street' in a variety of lights, but never as an alt-right supporter. After the beloved character's X account was hacked, Jon Stewart decided to have some fun with a look-alike puppet of Elmo on 'The Daily Show' on Monday. The talk show host reminded the audience with a photo that he had worked with the famed muppet years ago and said he was 'shocked' by the tweets. Stewart, voicing the 'Elmo' puppet, claimed that he was hacked after someone 'guessed Elmo's password was Elmo! Elmo123. Elmo knows passwords should have more numbers, but Elmo only knows three numbers.' Stewart soon got the 'truth,' insisting Elmo needed to take responsibility for his actions. 'It was Elmo, but Elmo was radicalized by the manosphere. Elmo is part of the male loneliness epidemic,' Stewart as the puppet said. 'Elmo was doing his own research on flu shots. Six hours later, because of the algorithm, Elmo was moderating the QAnon Discord chat and building homemade bombs.' After Stewart reminded him of his influence on children, the muppet clapped back. 'Once again, the so-called tolerant left policing speech that's inconvenient to their woke dogma,' he said. 'Who's the real puppet now, Jon? You! You're the real puppet.' They then got to the heart of the matter after Stewart accused the character of sharing 'alt-right talking point word salad.' 'Elmo's alt-right,' the puppet said, joking he was pandering to save funding for public broadcasting and children's education programs. 'No reason to cancel Elmo's funding then.' U.S. President Donald Trump has encouraged Congress to revoke funding for PBS, the birthplace of 'Sesame Street,' accusing them of a liberal bias. 'Elmo can't go back on the streets, Jon! You have no idea what it's like,' Stewart said as the puppet. 'Elmo's too pretty to live under a bridge, Jon.' On Tuesday, the Instagram account for Elmo posted a statement saying that 'Elmo's X account was briefly hacked by an outside party, in spite of the security measures in place' on Sunday. 'We strongly condemn the abhorrent antisemitic and racist content, and the account has since been secured.' The statement continued, 'These posts in no way reflect the values of Sesame Workshop or Sesame Street, and no one at the organization was involved.' By Lisa Respers France.
CNN
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Jon Stewart spoofs Elmo's X account getting hacked
We have seen Elmo of 'Sesame Street' in a variety of lights, but never as an alt-right supporter. After the beloved character's X account was hacked, Jon Stewart decided to have some fun with a look-alike puppet of Elmo on the 'The Daily Show' on Monday. The talk show host reminded the audience with a photo that he had worked with the famed muppet years ago and said he was 'shocked' by the tweets. Stewart, voicing the 'Elmo' puppet, claimed that he was hacked after someone 'guessed Elmo's password was Elmo! Elmo123. Elmo knows passwords should have more numbers, but Elmo only knows three numbers.' Stewart soon got the 'truth,' insisting Elmo needed to take responsibility for his actions. 'It was Elmo, but Elmo was radicalized by the manosphere. Elmo is part of the male loneliness epidemic,' Stewart as the puppet said. 'Elmo was doing his own research on flu shots. Six hours later, because of the algorithm, Elmo was moderating the QAnon Discord chat and building homemade bombs.' After Stewart reminded him of his influence on children, the muppet clapped back. 'Once again, the so-called tolerant left policing speech that's inconvenient to their woke dogma,' he said. 'Who's the real puppet now, Jon? You! You're the real puppet.' They then got to the heart of the matter after Stewart accused the character of sharing 'alt-right talking point word salad.' 'Elmo's alt-right,' the puppet said, joking he was pandering to save funding for public broadcasting and children's education programs. 'No reason to cancel Elmo's funding then.' President Donald Trump has encouraged Congress to revoke funding for PBS, the birthplace of 'Sesame Street,' accusing them of a liberal bias. 'Elmo can't go back on the streets, Jon! You have no idea what it's like,' Stewart said as the puppet. 'Elmo's too pretty to live under a bridge, Jon.'
CNN
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Jon Stewart spoofs Elmo's X account getting hacked
We have seen Elmo of 'Sesame Street' in a variety of lights, but never as an alt-right supporter. After the beloved character's X account was hacked, Jon Stewart decided to have some fun with a look-alike puppet of Elmo on the 'The Daily Show' on Monday. The talk show host reminded the audience with a photo that he had worked with the famed muppet years ago and said he was 'shocked' by the tweets. Stewart, voicing the 'Elmo' puppet, claimed that he was hacked after someone 'guessed Elmo's password was Elmo! Elmo123. Elmo knows passwords should have more numbers, but Elmo only knows three numbers.' Stewart soon got the 'truth,' insisting Elmo needed to take responsibility for his actions. 'It was Elmo, but Elmo was radicalized by the manosphere. Elmo is part of the male loneliness epidemic,' Stewart as the puppet said. 'Elmo was doing his own research on flu shots. Six hours later, because of the algorithm, Elmo was moderating the QAnon Discord chat and building homemade bombs.' After Stewart reminded him of his influence on children, the muppet clapped back. 'Once again, the so-called tolerant left policing speech that's inconvenient to their woke dogma,' he said. 'Who's the real puppet now, Jon? You! You're the real puppet.' They then got to the heart of the matter after Stewart accused the character of sharing 'alt-right talking point word salad.' 'Elmo's alt-right,' the puppet said, joking he was pandering to save funding for public broadcasting and children's education programs. 'No reason to cancel Elmo's funding then.' President Donald Trump has encouraged Congress to revoke funding for PBS, the birthplace of 'Sesame Street,' accusing them of a liberal bias. 'Elmo can't go back on the streets, Jon! You have no idea what it's like,' Stewart said as the puppet. 'Elmo's too pretty to live under a bridge, Jon.'
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jon Stewart Invites Elmo on ‘The Daily Show' to Explain His ‘Alt-Right' Tweets
Jon Stewart revealed that he scrapped his intended opening monologue after the X account belonging to beloved Sesame Street character Elmo was hacked over the weekend. The Daily Show host explained that due to the anti-semitic, violent tweets that appeared on Elmo's account he felt he had to address the issue. 'Let me be completely frank: We had a tremendous show planned for you,' Stewart said. 'Well-designed, articulate, a tremendous deconstruction of the most interesting issues of the day. We prepared a whole piece on the new Trump tariffs, breaking down the different rates and their secondary impacts—a truly illuminating dive into the overlooked role of the commodities markets in trade deficit accounting. It was going to be so funny. But sadly at the last minute we had to scrap all that because Elmo lost his fucking mind.' More from Rolling Stone Gavin Newsom Calls Trump a 'Son of a B-tch' Jeffrey Epstein Hired Private Investigators to Intimidate FBI Agents: Officials Grok Rolls Out Pornographic Anime Companion, Lands Department of Defense Contract The host then played a clip of a news anchor describing how a hacker had posted anti-semitic tweets on Elmo's X account on Sunday. 'This is what happens when you go too long without tickling Elmo,' Stewart quipped. Stewart added that the tweets were 'especially shocking' to him because he has collaborated with Elmo in the past. 'I've worked with Elmo, as everybody definitely remembers,' he said, showing a very old photo of him with the muppet. 'The truth is, I'm being honest, Elmo at the time was great to work with. He was. Was there a ton of coke on set? Of course. But hateful, racist Elmo is not the Elmo that I remember. I know what's in Elmo's heart. Stewart then invited a rudimentary, hand puppet version of Elmo to join him on the show. The puppet appeared in front of an incel-inspired bedroom and began to chat with Stewart about the hacking incident. Hilariously, Stewart did the puppeteering and Elmo's voice himself during their conversation. At first, Elmo insisted he really had been hacked. 'They hacked Elmo!' the muppet said. 'They guessed Elmo's password was Elmo! Elmo123. Elmo knows passwords should have more numbers, but Elmo only knows three numbers.' But when Stewart demanded more accountability Elmo admitted, 'It's true, Elmo wasn't hacked. It was Elmo. But Elmo was radicalized by the manosphere. Elmo is part of the male loneliness epidemic. You-you-you see, what happened was, Elmo was doing his own research on flu shots. Six hours later, because of the algorithm, Elmo was moderating the QAnon Discord chat and building homemade bombs.' He continued, when Stewart pressed him to take responsibility about being a role model for kids, 'Are you canceling Elmo?! Once again, the so-called tolerant left is policing speech that's inconvenient to their woke dogma. Who's the real puppet now, Jon?! You! You're the real puppet.' The host replied that Elmo was getting caught up in 'alt-right talking point word salad.' 'Yeah, you said it, not Elmo,' the puppet said. 'Elmo's alt-right. No reason to cancel Elmo's funding then.' 'Is that what this is about?' Stewart replied, pretending to be shocked. 'You're pandering to the right so you can keep your government funding for public broadcasting?' 'Elmo can't go back on the streets, Jon,' Elmo replied. 'You have no idea what it's like. Elmo's too pretty to live under a bridge, Jon. It's a life brought to you by the letter sucking dick, OK? Elmo won't! Elmo won't go back. Elmo can't go back. No!' In the second half of the show's opening segment, Stewart reflected on the right wing response to Trump's unwillingness to release the Epstein files. At the end, Elmo reappeared to shout, 'Viva la revolución! Antifa forever!' The puppet said that listening to Stewart's 'trenchant analysis of the many hypocrisies of the right have re-radicalized Elmo to the populist left. Free Luigi!' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
