Childminder left terrified after baby's monitor is hacked

A nanny in the US has spoken of her horror after hearing a stranger’s voice calling a one-year-old child “cute” over her baby monitor.

Ashley Stanley was minding one-year-old Samantha when she heard a noise coming from the baby’s crib. The monitor, which was connected to a high-resolution camera, appeared to have been hacked and featured a strange voice speaking about the baby.

A frightened Ashley said: “I kept hearing this strange noise from over there by the crib. They kept telling me that it’s a cute baby and ‘wow that is a poopy diaper’. I was like, my goodness, are they watching me right now?”