Quote:NurseryCam, a webcam service used across 40 daycare centers in the U.K. by parents who want to keep a watchful eye on their babies, has shut down following a data breach. The breach exposed the personal data of about 12,000 users to an attacker who said he or she was trying to improve the service’s security.
 
The attacker was able to find a “loophole” in the system, according to reports; NurseryCam was said to be alerted to the breach last Friday afternoon, prompting the company to send a notice to its users. By Saturday, the NurseryCam service was shut down while a fix is being sorted out.
 
The person behind the attack told the Register that they were able to get real names, usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords for 12,000 accounts and dump them online.
 
NurseryCam told the BBC that it doesn’t believe anyone watched the webcam without permission; instead, the director for NurseryCam and sister companies Meta Technologies and FootfallCam, Melissa Kao, told BBC the person behind the breach contacted the company to report the incident.
 
“He stated he has no intention to use this to do any harm [and] wants to see NurseryCam raise the overall standards of our security measures,” she said.