Someone appears to be able to listen to what is being said in the kitchen of the Barrhaven family who are at the centre of a major swatting investigation.

Thursday morning the Sun was invited to the home and instructed to bring along a cellphone -- one that has a number which is not publicly known. The Sun brought such a device.

The Sun was instructed to say the number aloud. Seconds later, the phone received a text from hackers -- the same hackers who have claimed responsibility for attacks against the city's website, Ottawa police, among others.

One of the texts received on the Sun's device indicated the website for General Dynamics Canada was being hacked. When the Sun checked the validity of this claim, the site was unresponsive around 10:30 a.m. When checked at 11:57 a.m., the site back to normal.

The hackers and the Barrhaven teen's father claim the experiment involving the Sun demonstrates two things -- that his kitchen is bugged, and that he has no role in the hacking attacks which have gone on since Friday at 6 p.m. when the city's site was defaced with the image of a dancing banana.

Thursday afternoon the father was invited to the Ottawa police headquarters on Elgin St. where he said he was told he is considered a "person of interest" in their ongoing hacking investigation.

Police would not confirm that he is a person of interest.

As the Sun spoke aloud in the kitchen, replies continued to come quickly to the cellphone. During this, the Barrhaven father stood nearby without a computer and his phone in his pocket.

It's not known how the Sun was heard in the kitchen. No listening devices could be located. The Sun captured the demonstration on video.

"That's it, that's all I have to show," said the father. "There's nothing else. I've told everybody everything I know."

Ten days have been set aside for his son's trial in June 2015. He faces dozens of charges related to swatting events in Canada and the United States. His family and the hackers who have been attacking websites claim the 16-year-old was framed.

The hackers, who call themselves Aerith, are currently using the Twitter handle of @AerithXOR3.

Twitter: @DougHempstead