Russian spies use your computer to watch you at home then post photos online

Hundreds of webcam feeds shown live online without users knowing Users can watch people in their living rooms or babies in their cots Hackers target cameras where users have not changed default password

By Jack Doyle for the Daily Mail

Published: 18:59 EST, 19 November 2014 | Updated: 19:04 EST, 19 November 2014

Families are unwittingly broadcasting their everyday lives across the internet via hacked home security cameras.

Footage from cameras linked into household computer networks is being streamed live on rogue websites, warn privacy watchdogs.

This allows anyone to spy on families in their own homes in real time.

A Russian site seen by the Mail shows scenes from hundreds of cameras covering living rooms, bedrooms, gardens and driveways of homes across Britain.

Hackers on a Russian site are streaming live videos from hundreds of cameras in living rooms, bedrooms, driveways and even a stable without the owners knowing

The site also shows footage from inside offices including images of unsuspecting workers high street shops, gyms, pubs, takeaway outlets and even a horse in a stable.

Among the most shocking images are those from baby monitors which show children sleeping in their cots at home. Another shows an elderly woman sitting in her living room in Wakefield.

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