content: You also forgot to change the default user/password on the webcam. From the article:  Security experts said that the hackers likely found the family’s IP address by accessing her daughter’s iPad through a video game the girls were playing, Jennifer said. They apparently then took control of the cameras through the family’s modem and DVR system.  Control through the DVR? What kind of experts are these? I'm guessing it's much more likely they scanned ports through a residential IP block looking for webcams... Edit:  I would also hazard a guess they had UPNP enabled on their router to automatically setup port forwarding for apps. Which should also probably be turned off.