A Simple Hack Gave the Owner of a Brand New DJI Romo Access to a Global Army of 7,000 Robovacs — and the Security Flaw Isn’t Fully Fixed

A simple hack gave the owner of a brand new DJI Romo access to a global army of 7,000 robovacs — and the security flaw isn’t fully fixed

Robovac user gets a lot more than he bargained for after connecting his PS5 controller to a DJI Romo.

Someone Hacked Thousands Of DJI Robot Vacuums For Fun And It Was Embarrassingly Easy

You probably didn’t know that DJI made a robot vacuum, and they might be wishing they didn’t. DJI’s Romo robot vacuum had pretty terrible security. How bad? A guy was able to remotely access thousands of them. The individual, Sammy Azdoufal, told The Verge that he “wasn’t trying to hack every robot vacuum in the world. He just wanted to remote control his brand-new DJI Romo vacuum with a PS5 Gamepad… because it sounded fun.” You might be wonderi…

Hobby coder accidentally creates vacuum robot army

A hobby coding experiment reportedly exposed live camera feeds, microphones, and floor plans from thousands of robot vacuums worldwide. The post Hobby coder accidentally creates vacuum robot army appeared first on Security Boulevard.