Nest is locking users out of their accounts if it thinks their passwords have been breached
Nest, the smart home company owned by Google, is proactively locking people out of their accounts if it believes their passwords have been compromised. The company began sending out emails to affected users last night. If you’ve been affected, you’ll need to tell your Nest app to forget your current password and enter a new one.
The standard response to this type of breach, which Nest recently used, following reports of strangers hijacking people’s security cameras, is to email any users who are affected when a breach has occurred and merely recommend that they change their passwords. Presumably, Nest knows that lots of people don’t bother, which is why it’s forcing their hands by locking them out instead.
