Man accidentally gains control of 7,000 robot vacuums

A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him ...

Spanish engineer reports flaw in ‘smart’ vacuums after gaining control of 7,000 devices

Sammy Azdoufal alerted New York-based outlet the Verge after he took control of DJI Romo devices around the world ...

A developer accidentally gained control of more than 10,000 DJI devices

An AI strategist recently demonstrated to The Verge how he accidentally gained sweeping control over thousands of DJI robot ...

DJI Romo security flaw exposed thousands of homes to remote access: Report

Reportedly, DJI's Romo robot vacuum had a server flaw that exposed camera and audio access on thousands of devices worldwide; ...
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Software engineer creates international security incident over vacuum cleaner controller

An innocent attempt by software engineer Sammy Azdoufal to control his new DJI robot vacuum cleaner with a video game controller unintentionally escalated into a large-scale privacy breach. Because of ...

Using an AI Tool, 1 Owner Accidentally Controlled Thousands of Robot Vacuums

A DJI Romo vacuum owner wanted to connect his device to a PS5 controller. He ended up revealing a huge security flaw.

DJI Compensates Engineer Who Accidentally “Hacked” 7,000 Vacuums

Reports confirmed that DJI has officially compensated software engineer Sammy Azdoufal for discovering a catastrophic backend vulnerability in the DJI Romo robot vacuum.