Hackers take control of #robot vacuums in multiple cities, yell racial slurs

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-11/robot-vacuum-yells-racial-slurs-at-family-after-being-hacked/104445408

The PIN code system protecting the robot's video feed — and remote control feature — was also known to be faulty, and the warning sound that is meant to play when the #camera is being watched was able to be disabled from afar.

These #security issues could explain how attackers took control of multiple robots in separate locations, and how they could've silently surveilled their victims once they'd gotten in.

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