An Amazon Echo recorded a family's conversation, then sent it to a random person in their contacts, report says

A family in Portland, Ore., received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. "Unplug your Alexa devices right now," a voice on the other line said. Alexa-powered Echo devices in their house had silently sent recordings to the caller without the family's permission. The person, who happened to be an employee of the husband, was in the family's contact list. "My husband and I would joke and say, 'I'd bet these devices are listening to what we're saying,' " a woman who identified herself only by her first name, Danielle, told KIRO 7, a news station covering Seattle and western Washington state.