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A hacker was able to shout abuse at a two-year-old child by exploiting a vulnerability in a camera advertised as an ideal “baby monitor”. A couple in Houston, Texas, heard a voice saying lewd comments coming from the camera, made by manufacturer Foscam. Vulnerabilities in Foscam products were exposed in April, and the company issued an emergency fix. Foscam said it was unable to provide a statement at this time.

ABC News reported that Marc Gilbert and wife Lauren were left shaken when they heard a “British or European accent” coming from the camera. Mr Gilbert said the voice directed offensive, sexualised words at their daughter Allyson, who was asleep in bed. The family believed the hacker was able to call the child by her name because it was spelt out on the bedroom’s wall…

 

Hacker ‘shouts abuse’ via Foscam baby monitoring camera (Dave Lee, BBC News)

Previously: Everyone Remain Cam

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Michaella Connolly and Melissa Reid claim they were threatened at gunpoint by a ruthless gangster called ‘The Cockney’ to smuggle cocaine out of Peru to Spain.

“They knew everything about us – who our parents were, what they did, their phone numbers, what friends we had. They even had photos of them and threatened to harm them if we didn’t do as they ordered.” They claimed they had loaded guns put to their heads after being handed over to a ruthless South American cartel and warned: “Do it – or die.”

 

Peru drug arrests: We were forced to smuggle cocaine with loaded guns to heads (Mirror)

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Michaella McCollum Connolly, from Dungannon (left) and her friend Melissa Reid being questioned by a customs official in Lima airport, Peru, after the pair were detained as they were about to board a flight to Madrid, Spain.

The National Police of Peru said they found more than 24lb of cocaine hidden in food in the luggage of the two women.

Video: The Guardian

Drug Mule Suspect ‘Forced To Take Items (Dan Collins, Guardian)

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Commenting on the allegations, the Garda press office last night issued a short statement: “On the 7th December, 2011, allegations were made to the district officer at Belmullet that alcohol was distributed to members of An Garda Síochána on behalf of Shell E&P. Inquiries conducted in relation to these allegations found no evidence of alcohol being distributed to members of An Garda Síochána by, or on behalf of, Shell E&P.”

See what they did there?

 

 

Garda says no evidence of Corrib alcohol being distributed (Tim O’Brien, Irish Times)

Gardai deny gas firm gave them alcohol worth €35k (Paul Melia, Irish Independent)

Earlier: A Limerick A Day

Previously: Shell Gave €35,000 Of Alcohol To Belmullet Gardaí

File pic: Gardai on the beach at Glengal, Co Mayo, in 2009