Florida Woman Arrested for Hacking Home Camera System

A woman from Naples, Florida has been arrested after allegedly hacking into the home camera system of a family member as part of an extortion attempt.

Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested Jennifer Lenell Small on October 26 and charged the 44-year-old with a third-degree felony cybercrime.

Agents say that Small accessed the home camera system of a male family member as part of an extortion attempt that involved a contested will. Her alleged victim was a former employee of her husband's construction company.

"Small gained access to the camera and stored recordings after her husband’s construction company fired the victim and he turned the cell phone back into the company," said a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The company cell phone that the victim had returned to his employer had an app installed on it that allowed the victim to view footage from his home security camera system...

A FDLE spokesperson said: "Small sent a short video clip to the victim telling him she had hours of videos that she would use against him in court if the victim did not agree to mediation." more

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