First came the nanny cams and home assistants, then came the security doorbells, now it's the age of the hacked vacuums.

Cybersecurity researchers identified multiple vulnerabilities in the popular brand of robots just a few months before the incidents took place.

Reports of robot vacuums chasing pets and yelling racist obscenities have prompted action from Ecovacs, with a further patch promised in November.

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.