Is Amazon Alexa safe? Cybersecurity researchers uncover serious privacy issues

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Check Point published a report detailing 'vulnerabilities found on Amazon's Alexa,' including a hacker's access to the user's voice history and personal information.

. The Alexa essentially functions as a virtual assistant to its user, able to take voice commands, play music, set alarms, and offer weather or news reports.

Amazon highlights how its Alexa digital assitant can be integrated into various smart home devices at its exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 11, 2019. Cybersecurity firm Check Point uncovered serious privacy concerns in the Alexa device in a report published August 13.

"What we do know is that Alexa had a significant period of time where it was vulnerable to hackers," Check Point spokesman Ekram Ahmed told Fox News."Up until Amazon patched, it's possible that personal and sensitive information was extracted by hackers via Alexa. Check Point does not know the answer to whether that occurred yet or not, or to the degree to which that happened.

 

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