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hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:02:53 GMT

I would like to know how the next door neighbours are able to see my television screen when I'm playing on my ps4.

I know they are doing this for a fact because even on a very low volume I can hear them making funny sounds at me using their ring door bell mic whenever i score a goal in fifa and whenever i concede a goal he swears at me using the "w" word.

when the game finishes he shouts the w word using his ring door bell mic. I can hear him very clearly from my room

They are mirroring my screen somehow they are also able to see what I'm watching on bt tv

The indian man next door has even shouted at the wall " my name I can see everything your doing"

these two brothers have somehow hacked my devices and can see what im doing.

I can understand people can hack the wifi but I'm using an ethernet cable how are they able to hack my network and see whats on my tv screen. They are not on the same network and I'm pretty sure what they are doing is illegal

https://www.quora.com/What-do-I-do-when-a-black-hat-hacker-is-monitoring-all-devices-connected-to-home-WiFi

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Kimberlin — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 07:25:12 GMT

@Sml5678

Make sure you have disabled mirroring or casting on your TV.

There’s a lot of info freely available on the web about how to secure your home network, just work through your set up methodically. Change passwords, use a higher WPA protocol if your router and devices support it.

Re: hacked ps4 and network

imjolly — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:50:12 GMT

@Sml5678

you obviously have a common wall with neighbour so are you using powerline adapter and is it connected to socket on common wall? There have been similar post on forum and the cause was powerline adapter

Re: hacked ps4 and network

gg30340 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:58:06 GMT

Are you using power line adaptors?

If you are make sure you have them password protected. If your houses are joined on, the electrical cables for each house can run close to each other and the signal can be picked up in either house.

This would allow them to get onto your network if the powerlines are not password protected without entering any passwords which is only needed if you are trying to get onto your network using wifi

Edit: post crossed with @imjolly

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:39:01 GMT

Thanks for the quick response

Yes we do have a power line adapter

My question is this if they are able to get into our WiFi through the power line adapter

How were they able to screen mirror my devices without me even knowing?

They must have been doing this for a very long time

Re: hacked ps4 and network

imjolly — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 12:54:17 GMT

by connecting to your wifi they then have access to your home network and the devices connected to your home network.

as @gg30340 you need to password protect your powerline adapter to stop the access

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:33:58 GMT

We have 2 powerline adapters one which boosts the wifi

The second one is a powerline adapter which is connected to the ring door bell

does the second one also have to be password protected is that even possible?

Re: hacked ps4 and network

gg30340 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:42:48 GMT

They should all be password protected. If you check the Powerline istructions it should tell you how to do that.

Once secured your neighbours will need the password to be able to piggy back onto your network so make sure you use a good password.

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:16:51 GMT

even if they somehow manage to get on my wifi how can they screen mirror my mac

if screen sharing is turned off on the mac

and how can they screen mirror whats playing on my TV?

Re: hacked ps4 and network

shakey1981 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:27:07 GMT

change the wifi name and password on the router aswell as protecting both powerline adapter with password sounds to me as if they are inside your network with there own device and this is mirroring your tv

https://www.bt.com/help/broadband/how-can-i-change-the-wireless-network-name--ssid--and-wireless-p

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:50:24 GMT

so if they got into my wifi saw my mac listed in devices how did they screen mirror my mac?

this is insane

Re: hacked ps4 and network

shakey1981 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:39:11 GMT

make and model of power line adapter would be handy to know this

powerline repeats the wifi like this eaxample

say your router wifi is myrouter34686

powerline wil likely be repeating this as yrouter34686 ext on your netork

because this has no password or wifi sscurity they can login here with zero problems the router now lets them connect

change the router wifi and password then setup a password to the powerline this is likely unsecured

fyi if there are telling you this then they are likely more bothered that they can see actvity as anybody actvely snooping wouldint

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:09 GMT

but I know for a fact they were somehow screen mirroring my TV

I even got proof now

Re: hacked ps4 and network

gg30340 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:16:13 GMT

What is your proof?

I have no idea if this is correct as it is from a Google AI search so it could be a load of rubbish.

How to Mirror TV to a Laptop (Wireless Methods):

Windows Built-in Method: On your Windows laptop, search for "Connect to a wireless display" or press Windows Key + K and select the TV from the list. The TV must support Mircast and be on the same network.

ES Share/AnyEx (Smart TVs): Install the ES Share or AnyEx application on your smart TV and download the corresponding PC version to allow the TV screen to appear on the laptop.

HDMI Capture Card (Wired Method): Use a USB HDMI capture card. Connect an HDMI cable from the TV's output (if it has one, rare) or a streaming device (like a Firestick) to the capture card plugged into your laptop's USB port. This allows the computer to display the video feed.

In any event, you must change the BT hub's wireless password and its Admin password and make sure that your powerline adapters are also password protected.

Re: hacked ps4 and network

garybs29 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:52:55 GMT

@Sml5678 if you have proof. Contact the police, this is not an issue for here tbh

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:14:12 GMT

on my tv it shows there was another tv that was connected to it but its now been disconnected

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:52:59 GMT

sorry thats Wifi Direct. They could have used Wifi Direct because with this they don't need your router or to be on the same network to connect to the TV. This is still illegal

Whatever way they did it they are defenitely screen mirroring my bt tv and PS4 and maybe more devices. They've been doing this for a long time I will try my best to secure my network.

BT chat advisor told me to reset all my devices to factory settings do I really have to do this?

Re: hacked ps4 and network

shakey1981 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:38:49 GMT

https://www.bt.com/help/broadband/learn-about-broadband/learn-about-the-bt-hub-manager

From a web browser:

Make sure you are connected to your Whole Home Wi-Fi network
Enter i192.168.1.254 n your internet browser address field
Enter your Admin password then click Login (Admin password is printed on your wireless settings card located on the back of your router
Select Settings then Wireless
Enter your new network name and password and click on Save

Please note: when you Save your new wireless settings you will be disconnected from the network. Go to your device’s Wi-Fi settings

everything connected via wifi will now show the new network connected using the same details you just changed

ethernet devices will connnect as before

if yoo have a powerline adapter secure this with a password

change this not reset every device This a 5 minute job

you need to do this or get them to send you aa neeed a router if you dont want to change SSID

Re: hacked ps4 and network

Sml5678 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:12:09 GMT

If they got onto our network will it show up on the hub manager pager or can they somehow be on the network invisible.

I know for a fact these a holes have been screen mirroring everything on my TV and spoofing on my internet for a long long time how someone could drop so low in life is beyond me this is something I would never do even if someone paid me.

I have a ring door bell outside connected through a white wire which is plugged in to my socket.

And then there's another plug for the ring door bell which flashes a blue light.

Are these plugs safe to use?

Re: hacked ps4 and network

shakey1981 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:51:52 GMT

yes if powerline is likely unsecured look up this is how there a getting acesss at least awitch this of untill you get around to change the wifi details and adding a pasword to any powerlines

while there in your network everything they do if they do anyway is done from the ip adress assinged to you from BT point of view it looks your doing it

stop delaying switch the router off untill you can change wifi details or get bt to send you a new router