‘Wake up little boy, daddy’s looking for you’: Creepy message that came through on Washington family’s baby monitor after the device was hacked 

  • Washington couple's son began complaining of someone talking to him
  • One night they heard: 'Wake up little boy daddy's looking for you'
  • Also believe hacker has infiltrated the device's camera to watch their son
  • Tech experts warned baby monitors linked to internet are more vulnerable

A family overheard a terrifying message on their young son's baby monitor after the device and its camera were hacked.

When the Washington couple's three-year-old had first began complaining of someone talking to him at night, his parents had put it down to their toddler's over-active imagination, reported CBS New York.

That was until one night when they heard a strange man's voice come over the monitor to tell their son: 'Wake up little boy, daddy's looking for you.'

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A couple heard the terrifying message: 'Wake up little boy, daddy's looking for you' come through their 3-year-old son's baby monitor (stock image)

A couple heard the terrifying message: 'Wake up little boy, daddy's looking for you' come through their 3-year-old son's baby monitor (stock image)

And the horrified parents, who do not want to be named for fear the unknown man could track them down, believe it is not just the audio monitor that has been hacked. 

They believe the stranger has also got into the camera on the device.

After the first creepy message, the boy's mother had walked into the room and overheard the hacker saying, 'Look someone's coming' or 'Someone's coming into view.'

The mother said she broke down in tears after the realization hit home that a total stranger was able to control the camera to watch their son and spy on them.

The stranger had managed to hack the baby monitor and the family says the hacker was even able to remotely control the camera on the monitor (stock image)

The stranger had managed to hack the baby monitor and the family says the hacker was even able to remotely control the camera on the monitor (stock image)

She told CBS New York: 'Well, I started to cry in there, because it all started coming back to me, and I started figuring things out.'

They reported the incident to Foscam, the company where they bought their monitor, who admitted it was possible the device's cameras were being controlled remotely but they could not say from where.

Technology experts have now warned that it is becoming easier for hackers to infiltrate family's baby monitors as many of the newer devices connect to the internet.

'It's basically like they're standing next to you in your house,' Lance Ulanoff, chief correspondent for the digital media website Mashable,CBS.

He warned that parents should change the passwords on the devices to make it more difficult for people to guess.  

Because some new baby monitors connect to the internet and come with a smartphone app, it has become easier for hackers to infiltrate them and listen in or speak to children

Because some new baby monitors connect to the internet and come with a smartphone app, it has become easier for hackers to infiltrate them and listen in or speak to children

'If somebody else has your login information, they can go to that same app, and log into your webcam, which is what happened here,' Ulanoff said.

Earlier this month, another couple - this time from Rochester, Minnesota - discovered their baby monitors and cameras had been infiltrated after they found footage from the nanny cam posted online, according to Redbook.

They first became suspicious after they heard music coming in from their baby's room.

'We were sleeping in bed, and basically heard music coming from the nursery, but then when we went into the room the music turned off,' she told KTTC.

When she tracked down the IP address which was streaming the music, she found a web link to a page with thousands of pictures from baby monitors all over the world, including several from her own child's nursery.

'There's at least fifteen different countries listed and it's not just nurseries—it's people's living rooms, their bedrooms, their kitchens,' she explained. 'Every place that people think is sacred and private in their home is being accessed.' 

 

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