US EditionDJI Fixes ROMO Security Bug that Exposed Thousands of Homes
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DJI Awards $30K Bounty to the Researcher Who Hacked Romo Vacuum
Last month, a security researcher found a major security vulnerability in DJI’s first-ever robot vacuum, Romo. He was able to remotely access thousands of units, including their live camera feeds, through a PS5 controller. On its part, DJI issued a statement saying that it had fixed these security issues. Back then, it wasn’t clear whether DJI would reward the man a bounty for their discovery. There seems to be a positive development in this reg…
A French programmer in his thirties claims to have accidentally hacked into thousands of vacuum cleaner robots and gained control of them. He had only intended to control his robot with a PlayStation remote, but in the process gained remote access to seven thousand other devices. The incident has drawn attention to a potential security flaw in smart home devices. The manufacturer of the vacuum cleaner robots, the Chinese company DJI, says it has…
It was worth reporting the problem to the manufacturer, DJI awarded a substantial cash reward to the man who discovered a very serious security vulnerability in the company's robot vacuum cleaners.
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