A researcher found that anyone with physical access to one Shark robot vacuum can extract its AWS IoT certificate and use it to take over other Shark vacuums region-wide, with no patch yet available. Shark Vacuum Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hijack Cameras Across an Entire AWS Region on Latest Hacking News | Cyber Security News, Hacking Tools and Penetration Testing Courses.
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SharkNinja robot vacuum cleaners would be vulnerable to a fault that would allow them to fly remotely, gain access to their camera, and recover sensitive data. The researcher behind the discovery claims to have alerted the manufacturer as early as March, but the patches have been delayed.