Ring announces updates after hacking lawsuit

Home security camera system, Ring, announced new updates for customers after being slapped with a lawsuit in December over security camera hacking.

Ring, owned by Amazon, launched its new "Control Center" on Thursday, which will give users more control over who can and can't access their information and video footage. The move comes after a customer sued the company and Amazon for negligence, invasion of privacy, breach of implied contract, breach of implied warranty and unjust enrichment following a hacking incident involving his children. Several other similar incidents have made national news.

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The Control Center, which will allow users to "manage important privacy and security settings from one simple, easy-to-use dashboard," will be rolled out to all Ring customers "in the next few days," available on iOS and Android devices, Ring said in a Thursday blog post.

The Control Center feature will let customers know if they have enabled two-factor identification, meaning it will let users know whether they have set up their accounts in such a way that requires two kinds of verification methods to have access to information and camera footage instead of just one password.

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The feature will also allow users to add and remove shared account users, view and remove other devices and third-party services authorized to enter their accounts and opt-out of video footage-sharing request notifications from law enforcement. Control Center will also include a "Law Enforcement Map," which lets users know which police stations use Ring's "Neighbors" app.

"At Ring, we are committed to continuing to deliver important privacy, security, and control features to our customers. We take these matters seriously, which is why this is just the beginning. Future versions of Control Center will provide users the ability to view and control even more privacy and security features," the company wrote in the blog post.

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The December lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California said Ring and Amazon knew about the insufficiency of the system's security before several hacking incidents were exposed in the news.

"Ring does not fulfill its core promise of providing privacy and security for its customers," the class-action lawsuit read. "...Hackers routinely terroriz[e] occupants, invade their privacy and undermine their sense of safety and security."

The security company and Amazon have since been making an effort to reassure customers that their sensitive security information is, in fact, secure.

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