US home security company employee spied on customers for years through their cameras, lawsuits claim


A file photo of an indoor CCTV camera. The Dallas-area technician who had installed their indoor security camera granted himself remote access by adding his personal email address to her account, Preddy claims. The employee then used that access nearly 100 times to spy on her and other household members ‘in their most private and intimate moments’, according to her suit. — SAM THAM/The Star

Hundreds of customers of ADT Security Services were spied on through security cameras installed inside and outside of their homes, two US federal lawsuits filed Monday are claiming.

ADT, headquartered in Boca Raton, “failed to provide rudimentary safeguards” to prevent an employee from gaining remote access to the customers’ cameras over a seven-year period, a news release from the Dallas-based Fears Nachawati Law Firm states.

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