Alexa Hack Allows Continuous Eavesdropping
Infosecurity Magazine | August 01, 2017
The Amazon Echo, that living room gadget that acts as a home for the Alexa smart personal assistant, can be hacked to allow eavesdropping on unsuspecting consumers. Researchers at MWR InfoSecurity have created a proof of concept for an attack that allows miscreants to record and stream conversations that take place within Alexa’s “hearing,” and send them to a remote computer. These would-be spies also can view an owner's Amazon credentials and authentication tokens, and steal sensitive information from apps on the device.