Hackers take control of robot vacuums in multiple US cities and abuse owners
www.abc.net.au
Ecovacs 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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The original was posted on /r/singularity by /u/torb on 2024-10-15 16:56:40+00:00.

I just thought this was slightly interesting, not the robot uprising I was expecting. A cyber attack has exposed major security flaws in Ecovacs Deebot X2 robot vacuums, allowing hackers to hijack the devices in multiple cities. vacuums spewed racist slurs and even spied on their homes through built-in cameras.