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Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities and abuse owners (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 month ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

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Robot vacuums in multiple US cities were hacked in the space of a few days, with the attacker physically controlling them and yelling obscenities through their onboard speakers.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In a weird way, this is possibly the best thing the hackers could have done after gaining access.

Having your robot vacuum start yelling about hating black people gets media attention in the way an announcement at a security conference just doesn't.

[–] Dungrad 7 points 1 month ago

Username checks out

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