Amazon Alexa 'heard and sent private chat'

A couple in Portland, Oregon joked that their Amazon Alexa might be listening in to their private conversations. The joke came to an abrupt end when they discovered a conversation was indeed recorded by Alexa - and then sent to an apparently random person in their contact list. "Unplug your Alexa devices right now!" warned the puzzled recipient, according to ABC affiliate station KIRO7, which first reported the story. Amazon has an explanation as to what happened. But first, here's how Danielle - who didn't want to share her surname with ABC's reporter - described the rather alarming chain of events.