Robot vacuums spew racial slurs at owners
Robot vacuums spew racial slurs at owners in wake of hack
First came the nanny cams and home assistants, then came the security doorbells, now it's the age of the hacked vacuums.
Hackers Made Robot Vacuums Shout Racist Slurs in Their Owners’ Homes
Cybersecurity researchers identified multiple vulnerabilities in the popular brand of robots just a few months before the incidents took place.
Hacked Robot Vacuums Across the U.S. Started Yelling Slurs
It’s a tale as old as… the Internet of Things era. Robot vacuums made by Ecovacs have been reported roving around people’s homes, yelling profanities at them through the onboard speakers after the company’s software was found to be vulnerable to intrusion.
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Reports of robot vacuums chasing pets and yelling racist obscenities have prompted action from Ecovacs, with a further patch promised in November.
Robots In US Start Shouting Racial Slurs At Consumers After Hackers Make The Device Malfunction
Cyberattacks have evolved over the years, and they get more and more dangerous. Hackers find new ways to disrupt the lives of citizens. A recent example of the same has surfaced on the internet in which robot vacuums were hacked and made to shout racial slurs.
Hackers hijack robot vacuum cleaners, hurl racially charged slurs in bizarre cyberattack across US
In a string of strange and unsettling incidents, robot vacuum cleaners in several US cities were hijacked by hackers, who used the devices to shout racist obscenities through their onboard speakers. According to an ABC News report,
Hackers take control of robot vacuums, yell racial slurs in multiple US cities
Robot vacuums in various US cities were hijacked by hackers, who gained control of the devices and used their onboard speakers to shout racist obscenities, according to an ABC News report. The targeted devices were all Chinese-made Ecovacs Deebot X2 models,
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