Welcome everyone to a special edition of the Security Box. I'm Jared and this is podcast 271A.

We are doing this podcast because of a breaking news item that may affect each and every one of you who have an alarm system.

This goes beyond ADT, who is the main company discussed within this piece. But Kim Komando is going so far as to recommend that the Home Security industry as a whole is being targeted and recommends everyone change their passwords and codes on their keypad. This is regardless of the company used mentioned within the article and newsletter. ADT, Simply Safe and Ring are all mentioned within Kim's piece.

While the JRN has not read full length articles, the podcast is structured around the breaking alert newsletter that Kim sent out on April 27, 2026.

Did you know that this is ADT's third breach in  ...