Following revelations of potential national security concerns, a group of U.S. Senate Democrats sent a letter to Amazon again demanding answers about the data privacy and security of its Ring doorbell cameras, Newsweek reports. Citing specific instances of Ring's lacking safeguards against foreign influence, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Ed Markey, D-Mass., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Chris Coons, D-Del., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., wrote, "If hackers or foreign actors were to gain access to this data, it would not only threaten the privacy and safety of the impacted Americans; it could also threaten U.S. national security." Meanwhile, CNET reports Amazon has pushed back against U.S. lawmakers' claims that it was responsible for the Capital One breach in July.
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