topic Re: Somebody keeps hacking my TV!!!!!! in Android TV

Somebody keeps hacking my TV!!!!!!

sheckyshabbazz89 — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 20:03:25 GMT

Whats up to anyone who has experienced or has knowledge concerning this issue!

My Sony KD-55XE7096 just got hacked by someone, and the exact same thing happened about a week or two ago, I cant remember for sure. Im watching some music video on youtube through my ps4 and someone keeps playing horse pornos on my screen. Right before it happens it says: Ipad has connected to your TV. I tried asking Sony about this and we spent an hour getting absolutely nowhere, he or her just kept repeating the same dumb ass robotic answer, telling me to just reset the TV, and I just kept asking this person the same 2 questions. 1 being how is it possible for someone to hack my TV? and 2 how can I find out who did it? I went to Youtube and spoke with 2 people there and they basically couldnt answer anything neither, they just told me to check recently used devices on my google account, which I had already done and there was nothing there but my own devices. Personally I dont give an f about securing my TV or anything like that at this moment, i just want to know who the f is doing it, and how its even possible?

So if theres anyone out there whos been in the same spot, hopefully you can help a diddly dude out and I can catch this SOB!

Re: Somebody keeps hacking my TV!!!!!!

royabrown2 — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:51:41 GMT

Here’s a thread from the YouView Community describing the issue. Thanks to @PhilStation there for explaining it.

Though I should emphasise that this is something observed on a YouView box as just one device capable of being used (or ‘hacked’) in the same way, and is not a YouView thing as such, either on the YouView boxes or on this YouView TV.

Note that the technology - the DIAL (Discover and Launch) protocol jointly developed by YouTube and Netflix - is described in that thread from the Netflix point of view, though here it seems to be being used from YouTube.

But whoever it is is on your WiFi network, so potentially very close to home

You can use the Fing app - which works better on an Android device like a smartphone, rather than an Apple one, due to Apple restrictions on what the app can discover and show - to see who has or has had an iPad on your home WiFi, which may give you some clues, and indeed, if it happens again, Fing will show the iPad(s) that is/are currently active.

Setting this up will have required physical access to your TV to set the initial permission, I think.

For an immediate fix, change the WiFi password on your router, both 2.4 and 5 MHz if it is dual-band. This will disable all WiFi devices on your network unless and until the new password is typed in on them.

Either somebody where you live will complain that their iPad no longer works, or someone nearby with unauthorised access to your WiFi will lose it, and the problem will stop.

If you have multiple iPad users where you live, some sensitive questioning may be needed to isolate which one it is.

As to why we lay users know all about this and Sony seem to have no clue on it, remember that the Titanic was built by professionals, and the Ark by amateurs

Re: Somebody keeps hacking my TV!!!!!!

GogolBordell0 — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:47:35 GMT

If you don't undertand anything from networking, then it will be better to call some friend or specialist who can do that for you.

1) Change your router passwork to more complicated.

2) Check there is no port forwarding setup on your router to your TV.

3) Change your WiFi network name, password to more complicated and make it hidden (disable Wireless SSID Broadcast).